But things have dried up again, and district farmers are hoping for spring rains to get them through.

About 170mm of rain fell this winter, nearly twice the amount that fell last winter, the driest winter on record.

Glenlyon potato and beef cattle farmer Denise Leonard said winter had started really well, but now everything had dried up again and their main dam was only half full.

"If we don't get good spring rains, then we won't have the water we need for irrigation, so it's just a matter of wait and see," Mrs Leonard said.

Ullina farmer David Anderson believed everything would depend on the next six weeks.

"Six weeks without rain, all the grasses will head to seed and it may be a quick finish for us," Mr Anderson said.

"We've got a bit of height in our crops at the moment but it depends on winds, if we have a lot of north winds, this place would dry up pretty quick."

The Bureau of Meteorology released its seasonal rainfall outlook last week.

The outlook generally shows no strong swings in the odds towards wetter or drier conditions.

The odds pattern across south-eastern Australia is due to continue higher than average temperatures over parts of the south tropical Pacific Ocean.

Senior forecaster Phil King said coming into June and July, there was fairly good rainfall across the state with much of Victoria receiving average or above average rainfall.

"Over the last month, the fronts have been peaking as they come across Western Australia, and weakening as they come through South Australia, so we haven't seen those good rains come through," Mr King said.

He said the current mild conditions would continue, but La Nina signs were present in the east pacific.

"We're still saying the atmosphere is in more of a neutral phase, and there are still signs of La Nina," Mr King said.

"Although we're not expecting any major swings from average rainfall, and the outlook is still seeing a bias towards low average...that's got to be weighted with the possibility La Nina signals are still present."