The forecast is out – 28 days of consecutive rain for Goulburn.

The onslaught is supposed to start today and carry through until March 9.

Though, there could well and truly be more on the way after that, it’s just that meteorologists can’t predict any further ahead.

Each day is expected to have more than a 75 per cent chance of rain falling with a 91pc humidity reading.

So far there have been 40 days in 2012, 32 of which have had some sort of rainfall or precipitation. That means we’ve had just eight days of sunshine.

If the 28 day predication is correct, then it will have rained for almost 90 per cent of the year.

The Bureau of Meteorology says Goulburn is experiencing coastal climates at the moment due to the easterly flow of wind dragging lower temperatures and rain with it.

Normally in summer, the wind blows from the North West creating the hot, dry summer periods that Goulburn seems used to, a spokesperson says.

Surprisingly, rainfall for Goulburn in January was well below the recorded January average.

Temperatures were also down 1.5 per cent last month.

But it seems the dry spell wasn’t set to last long with a drenching of 30mm falling on February 3 within the space of five hours.

“That was more rain in one day then Goulburn had the entire week before hand,” the spokesperson said.

“While Goulburn is not currently on flood alert, and we’re not expecting floods, if there is more than 80mm of rain to fall over the weekend there is a chance we will increase the risk level.”

“We’ve just issued flood warnings for Bega and Queanbeyan, with a moderate to mild watch.”

Weatherzone climatologists state, “over southern and eastern Australia the cold front events with potential to bring widespread rain are now expected about 22 February to 26 February, 29 February to 4 March, and 6 March to 10 March.”

“Rain events originating in the tropics and moving south are possible about 13 February to 17 February, 21 February to 25 February, and 1 March to 5 March.”

To date, the highest temperature for February has been 20.8 degrees Celsius, 6 degrees lower than what is considered “normal”.

January was a record breaking month though, with Goulburn TAFE recording a day of just 3.8 degrees – down on the previous record of 4.2 in 1987.

Goulburn Airport, on the same day, recorded a temperature of -0.1, smashing the previous record of 1.4 in 1990.