A 16-month-old toddler dances outside as he experiences "decent" rainfall for the first time as he was born during Australia's drought and bushfire crises.

Fletcher jumps around on January 16 in the mud outside his house in Cowra, New South Wales, as he shouts "rain" while looking up at the sky.

Glenn, Fletcher's dad, told Newsflare: "We’ve been lucky and haven’t had any fires near us. The rain was very welcome, looking forward to more in the next few days hopefully.

"This is his first time seeing decent rain and his was overjoyed so much that he did his own dance while shouting 'rain!' and looking at the sky."