However while a good 19 millimetres fell over the region at the start of the week, it only brought the monthly total of rainfall for Boorowa up to 32.8mls for the month of July.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, Boorowa received 20.2 millimetres less than the July average this year. This time last year Boorowa had received an amazing 224.6 millimetres of rainfall for the winter season - 126.2mls in June and 98.4mls in July.

Sunday, July 30 also saw Boorowa enjoy some unseasonably warm weather with the temperature rising to a mild 17 degrees, only two degrees off the warmest recorded July day.