Nyngan received the highest rainfall of the area with almost 60mm falling across Saturday and Sunday.

Drought-stricken town Brewarrina received a significant 48mm, while Walgett and Bourke scored about 26mm each.

Trangie, Warren and Narromine were also cheering after the towns all received about 21mm of rain.

Bourke’s weekend rainfall is more than five times the amount the town had received during the whole of July (5mm).

Brewarrina and Walgett both had more than twice the amount of rainfall on Saturday and Sunday than what the towns recorded last month (17mm and 10mm respectively).

Brewarrina farmer Ed Vassey said he measured 38mm on his property.

“It’s not exactly drought-breaking, but it’s most unexpected this time of year. It’s a very welcome bit of relief to get over 10mm which is what we’ve been getting for the last 10 years,” he said.

Mr Vassey said the rain would bring confidence to local farmers.

He said farmers who still had crops would be able to monitor what they had, while those in Nyngan who had more rain would be able to finish their crops.

Richard Campbell, a farmer from Warren, said the 42mm of rain his property received had provided some much-needed relief.

“We’ve had pretty good rain, exceptionally good rain. It’s very timely, things were starting to look a little desperate,” Mr Campbell said.

“We’ll certainly need some more in September, but if we can get that September rain we’ll get some fairly good crops I think,” he said.