On all of Thursday, the official rain gauge at the Bathurst Airport received 17.8 millimetres of rain, the most significant fall in Bathurst since November 4, when 13.2 millimetres fell.

However, not all farmers have been as lucky as others.

Limekilns farmer Tony Toole said he only received nine millimetres on Thursday at his 600 acre property.

"The rain has made no difference," he said.

"What we need is inches of good, soaking rain to get the creeks flowing again."

Mr Toole, who recently turned 80 years old, said the current drought is the worst he's seen in his lifetime.

"This is the driest I can ever remember. It's just the worst I've ever seen," he said.

"It was bad in 1982 and so was in 1957, but it wasn't as widespread. I haven't seen bushfires like this before too."

Mr Toole has around 500 sheep on his property on Limekilns Road, just over 20 kilometres north-east of Bathurst.

With the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting up to 40 millimetres for Bathurst by Monday, Mr Toole is hoping that it's followed up by even more rain.

"If we get this rain [that they're forecasting], we need to get follow up rain in the next few days, not at the end of February," he said.

"We need plenty in February and March, which would help us get through winter.

"The gullies and creeks haven't been running for ages and we have about eight to 10 dams and they're all dry. I'm fortunate that I can put the sheep on Cheshire Creek."

NSW Farmers Association Bathurst branch president David McKay said the rain can help raise the spirits of farmers.

"It's a great help, but if we can get a bit more rain, it'd be great," he said.

"But there's a lot of people that are a bit depressed because they didn't get anything. When we had those big strong changes that were coming through a while back, everyone was excited about getting a lot but ended up getting nothing."

Mr McKay said that if the same totals can keep falling in the region for the next weeks and months to come, it'll make a massive difference to farmers.

"If we keep getting this nice, mild, humid weather and get it through to February, we'll be able to get our winter crops in as long as it doesn't stop raining around March or April," he said.

"We need to be getting regular rain coming through for the next few months."

The Evans Plains-based farmer said he heard reports of some farmers out towards Blayney receiving between 50-80 millimetres.

And is he excited about the prospect of up to 40 millimetres by Monday?

"My word it's exciting news," he said.

Up to five millimetres is forecast on Saturday and 20 on Sunday and Monday.