Sporadic rain hits SA

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, one of the highest rainfall recordings for the state was at Clare, which received 62 millimetres to 9am on Tuesday.

But even a short distance from Clare, the falls recorded were highly variable.

Hart farmer Michael Jaeschke said he received 17mm, with most of that falling on Monday night.

"That was our highest reading since early January, when we had 35mm," he said.

Mr Jaeschke said at this stage, the falls will not make a huge amount of difference to his farm.

"It might be just enough to germinate some sheep feed," he said.

"It'll help settle the dust and fill up the rain tanks, but that's about it.

"It's just so dry at the moment that the rainfall has soaked up pretty quickly."

Mr Jaeschke said he was hopeful of further - and larger - falls in the next couple of weeks. If this happens, it would help set him up for seeding in early May.

Looking across the rest of the state, most of the pastoral areas missed out on the Easter rainfall.

The highest pastoral readings were at Braemar in the north east, with 13mm, and at Mintabie in the north west with 7mm. But many other pastoral areas only recorded 1-2mm.

Likewise, on the Eyre Peninsula falls for the week ranged from 18mm at Cowell and 17mm at Cummins to just 2mm at Darke Peak and 3mm at Elliston.

Many areas of the Upper North recorded strong falls with Melrose receiving 18mm, Wilmington 41mm and Port Germein 23mm.

The Mid North also had some healthy falls, with Hoyleton receiving 45mm and Balaklava 38mm.

In the Lower North, Mallala had 49mm, Hamley Bridge 33mm and Roseworthy 23mm.

Curramulka and Minlaton had two of the highest readings for the Yorke Peninsula, at 14mm each.

On Kangaroo Island, American River had 20mm and Penneshaw 21mm.

There were some handy falls in parts of the Riverland and South East, with Keith receiving 10mm in 24 hours on Monday and Loxton 12mm.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology's seasonal outlook, April to June is likely to be wetter than normal across most of the Australian mainland.

The major climate influence for the rainfall outlook is the warmer than normal sea surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean and waters off the Australian coastline. In the tropical Pacific, further warming is expected, with the bureau's climate outlook model suggesting El Niño is likely during the latter part of the outlook period.