The pelting droplets kept the Maryborough cane farmer inside the shed doing harvester maintenance, a welcome change from shifting an irrigator.

Aaron said he had about 100mm on Monday and Tuesday this week.

"It's real good. It'll save us having to irrigate for a couple of weeks anyway," he said.

"It's ideal now. That'll put a few tonne to the hectare of cane on now. That'll keep us going for a couple of weeks and in a couple of week's time, it'd be good to get another inch or so."

Up until the weekend, three irrigators were keeping water up to the 100 hectare farm, which Aaron works in quarter share with his parents and his brother.

The rain was part of a wide band of showers throughout the Wide Bay area.

As of Tuesday, official weekly rainfall figures from the Bureau of Meteorology showed Maryborough received 51mm, Hervey Bay 65mm, Gympie 84mm, Howard 70mm, Bundaberg 122mm, Childers 165mm and Gin Gin 142mm.

Sprinkler lines and winches stood still as continuous rain fell across the region.

The bureau issued a severe weather warning on Tuesday for the southern Central Highlands and Coalfields, Capricornia, Warrego and Maranoa, northern Wide Bay and Burnett and eastern Channel Country.

A flood warning was also in place for Bungil Creek and adjacent Creeks, Balonne River, coastal rivers and streams from Rockhampton to Maryborough, Flinders, Norman and adjacent Gulf Rivers, Eyre Creek, Connors, Comet, Dawson and Lower Isaac Rivers, Landsborough, Upper Thompson and Barcoo Rivers.

Rain was forecast to continue for most parts of the Wide Bay until Wednesday.

For Aaron, the timing of the downpour was near perfect.

The wet weather should further bolster the spirits of the region's cane farmers with raw sugar futures price for March this year still hovering above US28c/lb.

"I think everyone will be pretty happy with the rain because they've all been irrigating pretty hard," he said.

"We're not really making any sugar at the moment.

"We'd normally irrigate up until the end of April, early May. That's when the cane normally puts its sugar on."