Victor Gleeson, Mulga Downs station, Wittenoom, said he wasn't sure exactly how much rain he had had because his rain gauge had overflowed.

"We had at least 253mm but I think we would have had close to 300mm in about seven hours," Mr Gleeson said.

"It started raining at about 7pm and didn't stop until 2am.

"It just poured."

Mr Gleeson, who runs 5000 head of cattle on his 348,029 hectare property, said he was very happy with the rain received.

"We are not sure if the cyclone just stopped on top of us or it just stopped in the right spot but we had a lot of rain out of it," he said.

"We were flooded at the house and all the fences are gone and the water is still way over the fences.

"You never like to complain too much about the rain but we are going have a bit of work to do when it all dries up.

"For example a lot of our cattle troughs were washed away."

He said the creeks and rivers were looking beautiful and full and the feed was already starting to show as the water had dispersed.

Further west at Yalleen station, Pannawonica, Michael Percy said he ended up with about 100mm over three days.

He said the rain didn't get to all parts of his 404,686ha property but it did give the majority of his station a decent drink.

Mr Percy said it was a welcome relief for many pastoralists who up until the rain, had been carting water.

He said the rain had put a lot of feed on the ground for his 4000 head of cattle.

He said it was a good start to the wet season but he was hoping for more rain over the next few months.

"This is our time of year where we definitely look for rain," Mr Percy said.

"Hopefully this is just a good start and it continues."

Mr Percy recorded 665mm of rain last year, well above his average rainfall of about 350mm.

"We had about 500mm in January last year though," he said.

"January, February and March is generally the time the rain comes and hopefully it keeps going.

"You have to get the first one to keep it going."