According to FarmOnline WeatherZone data, the first six months of this year saw bumper rainfall flowing into dams and helping ease drought restrictions.

However, as nature appears to echo the world economic crisis, Queensland has seen a massive slump in rainfall.

Brisbane has only managed 3.4mm so far in July. Nearby Archerfield has scraped just 2.2mm, four percent of their average of 51mm.

The story is the same up the coast, where some places haven't seen any rain this month at all.

Bundaberg, Monto, Prosperpine and Bowen have a dusty zero reading on their rain gauges.

Across the entire state, most places have taken less than 20pc of their mean July rainfall.

Only parts of Cape York and the southern inland have managed above the 20pc mark.

Of course July is not over yet and totals quoted above relate to the full 31 days.

However, August is now in the sights of forecasting models and the rainfall outlook unfortunately looks bleak.

Further out, it doesn't get any better.

Indicators continue to flag the onset of an El Nino event in the spring, with below average rainfall a genuine threat.