Rain was a welcome to sight to the Bathurst region on Thursday afternoon but for farmers who have been struggling throughout one of the worst droughts in history, it's not enough.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
Just three millimetres of rain was recorded in Bathurst according the Bureau of Meteorology, which takes its records from the Bathurst Airport.
The majority of rain fell between 4pm and 9.30pm.
Black Springs farmer Jim Gilmore recorded three millimetres at his property on Thursday, which he described as "close to nothing".
"People on the eastern range of us, at places like Gingkin and Hampton would've got more rainfall than us. That's how it goes sometimes," he said.
"We got about 40 millimetres about two weeks ago from all that snowfall, but that's the only significant rain we've had. We're well below our average rainfall."
Just north of Oberon at Hazelgrove, Brett Fitzpatrick received slightly more rain with eight millimetres.
"I'd love to say it's a great amount, but it's not enough," he said.
However, Mr Fitzpatrick said a property he sees to at Edith, south of Oberon, received 15 and a half millimetres of rain.
Unfortunately there's no good news for farmers in the next week, with no rain forecast in the next seven days.
Bathurst has received just 16.4 millimetres of rain this month, however, that's almost 11 millimetres more than the total from July last year which saw only 5.2 millimetres fall.
The average rainfall for Bathurst in July is 49.1 millimetres.
Please sign up to our free morning headlines email to read more Bathurst news:
