The city received up to 30 millimetres more for April than the same time last year, according to monthly rainfall statistics from the Bureau of Meteorology.

In April 2014, the city received only 56.8mm, whereas for the first 27 days of April this year, the city has already received 86.8mm.

The Goulburn TAFE weather station has recorded falls of 89.2mm for April so far - almost double the monthly average of 44.6mm.

Taralga’s rainfall has more than doubled, with the village receiving 141.9 mm for the first 27 days of April compared to the same time last year, when it only received 77.8 mm.

Spokesperson from the Bureau Agata Imielska explained that the increased rainfall should benefit local farmers and graziers for at least the next three months.

“Our official climate outlook, which covers May to July, is favouring wetter conditions for Goulburn,” Ms Imielska said.

“Then in a broader context for later on in the year there is a 70 per cent chance of an El Nino developing, which generally results in drier conditions moving into spring.

“So we might see wetter conditions for the next few months, but if the El Nino trend continues, things will get drier again.”

The extra rainfall has certainly helped local olive farm Fedra Olive Grove near Collector which officially starts its olive harvest by the end of this week, says farm manager Thanasis Kadditis.

The Fedra Olive Grove contains more than 6000 trees.

The farm has been producing olives now for about 14 years.

“The rain has helped the fruit to grow well and we are expecting a great olive harvest this year,” he said.

“There has been just the right amount of rainfall, not too much, with the olives in abundance on the trees, and they also seem to be bigger in size this year,” Mr Kadditis said.

The farm grows several different varieties of olives, including Kalamata, Manzanillo, Frantoio, California, and Nevandillo Blanco.

Mr Kadditis has a lot of experience in the production of olives and olive oil, having grown up in Greece.

“We use a lot of the natural rainwater on our olive trees and we were also irrigating well over the summer months,” he said.

“We have four storage dams and so this extra rainfall has certainly boosted their capacities.”

MORE rain is on its way.

For today, the Bureau is forecasting cloudy conditions with an 80 per cent chance of rain and light winds.

Temperatures will be between 9 and 16 degrees.

Rain is forecast again for tomorrow (70pc chance) with temps hitting 17.

Goulburn received almost 90mm for April.