Heavy rains have forced the closure of beaches and caused dams to overflow but with two-thirds of the state drought declared, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has welcomed the bucketing over the weekend.
From the Gold Coast to Brisbane up to 50mm of rain fell and the same area is likely to cop a further 80mm as the rain continued on Sunday.
More than double that has already fallen across much of the Sunshine Coast and two dams on the South Maroochy River, Wappa and Poona, spilling excess waters.
"Queensland needs widespread rain like this. Two-thirds of Queensland is drought declared," Ms Palaszczuk told AAP.
Ms Palaszczuk urged all Queenslanders to drive carefully.
"If it's flooded forget it," she said.
While conditions are forecast to ease across Brisbane and the Gold Coast during the start of the week, a further few days of soaking are expected for the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay regions.
Between 80mm to 150mm is predcited to fall on those regions daily until at least Tuesday.
The highest total was recorded around Delaneys Creek on Sunday, where almost 170mm had fallen since Saturday.
The SES has received 48 calls for assistance for leaking roofs, mainly from people at the Sunshine Coast and Logan and there have been no swift water rescues or reports of serious injury.
On Sunday five beaches between Southport and Burleigh were shut along with Main Beach at North Stradbroke due to dangerous conditions, a Surf Life Saving Queensland spokeswoman said.
At the Sunshine Coast beaches remain open despite winds gusting up to 30 knots and squalls blowing in from sea, with the local SLSQ duty officer describing conditions as "inhospitable."
Beaches will be monitored closely on Monday and could be closed depending on rips, visibility and winds.
Along with the heavy rain, temperatures have dropped a few degrees cooler than average.
