Emergency services in Canberra received 24 calls for help on Monday night as a thunderstorm heading east dissipated.

The calls to ACT SES were from the city's north overnight but no major damage had been reported.

Monday night's storm had mostly died out by the time it reached Canberra. Credit:Graham Tidy

Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Jake Phillips said the storm was connected with a larger band heading west to east, towards the coast.

"You guys were actually spared the worst of it," Mr Phillips said.