Parts of Victoria have been hit by strong winds and deluged by rainfall overnight, with several weeks worth of rain expected in one day after months of drought-like conditions.

Farmers were urged to move their livestock to higher ground ahead of up to 100mm expected to fall in the East Gippsland region on Saturday.

Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Michael Efron says rainfall was high in East Gippsland overnight, with Reeves Knob receiving 90mm of rain in the 24 hours to 9am on Saturday.

Mt Baw Baw also received 90mm, while Mt Elizabeth had 89mm, he said.

"In terms of winds we actually saw some incredibly strong winds across alpine parts - Mt Hotham recorded wind gusts of 143km/h at 2am and Falls Creek 130km/h," Mr Efron told AAP on Saturday.

"We still have a severe weather warning current for the far east of the state as well as those alpine locations."

Mr Efron added the conditions were "slowly easing", with weather warnings expected to be cancelled by later on Saturday afternoon.

Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Kevin Parkyn told reporters on Friday the wet conditions were welcome after "three months of almost drought-like conditions".

"The good news is conditions have been very dry up until this point in that part of the world, so the ground should be able to absorb that rain and not cause too many problems."

Widespread falls of up to 40mm were recorded across much of Victoria by Friday afternoon, while Melbourne received more than a month's worth of rain in the space of 36 hours.