Parts of the North East had the highest September daily rain on record, while a section of the Riverina Highay was closed due to flooding on the weekend.
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Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Jonathon How said in the 24 hours leading to 9am on Saturday a records in Wangaratta, Benalla, Cobram and Yarrawonga were broken.
He said Cobram's 43.2mm of rainfall was the most significant.
"They've had 64 years of record keeping," he said.
"Wangaratta had 43mm ... that's the highest daily rainfall for them for September and they've been operating for 35 years.
"We also had a record at Yarrawonga, 42mm, in 29 years of record keeping."
Benalla had 43mm, while 38mm fell across Albury-Wodonga in the same period without breaking a record.
On Saturday the NSW SES were redirecting cars, after a section of the Riverina Highway in Thurgoona between Kerr and Table Top roads was closed due to flooding.
NSW SES zone duty commander Craig McIntyre said people should not enter flood waters.
"Please don't ride, drive or walk through floodwaters," he said.
"If you require any assistance in emergency situations please call the SES on 132500."
For life threatening situations call Triple 0.
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Mr McIntyre said due to the rainfall across the catchments over the weekend, water from the Hume Weir would be released.
"We've been advised by the Murray Darling Basin Authority that releases from the Hume dam are likely to stay close to 22 gigalitres per day for the next few days," he said.
"But the Bureau of Meteorology have advised us that the Murray River at Albury is expected to remain below the minor flood level of 4.3 meters, however, the Murray River at Corowa is expected to exceed the minor flood warning of 4.6 meters during Monday and the river level may reach about five meters during Tuesday."
Mr McIntyre said due to this landholders who are adjacent to or along rivers and streams were being encouraged to move pumps, animals and equipment to higher ground.
"We'd also encourage them to move any poisonous waste and chemicals to higher storage locations," he said.
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Victoria Ellis
Victoria Ellis grew up on the Border and loves reporting for her home community. She is a University of Wollongong Journalism graduate. In 2018 Victoria was awarded the Bruce Gordon Scholarship for Journalism and completed a 10 week internship with WIN News Illawarra. In 2019 she was awarded The Border Mail's Cameron Thompson Scholarship, where she completed a three week internship, before taking up ongoing employment in 2021.
Victoria Ellis grew up on the Border and loves reporting for her home community. She is a University of Wollongong Journalism graduate. In 2018 Victoria was awarded the Bruce Gordon Scholarship for Journalism and completed a 10 week internship with WIN News Illawarra. In 2019 she was awarded The Border Mail's Cameron Thompson Scholarship, where she completed a three week internship, before taking up ongoing employment in 2021.
