Roads flooded, houses were blacked out, trampolines were taken by winds and children jumped in puddles as Cowra received some welcome rain late last week and over the weekend.
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Since 1pm on Friday Cowra has received 70.6mm of rain, 12mm more than the January monthly average of 57.8mm.
It's the wettest Cowra has been since December 2017 when we received 123.6mm and the third wettest the town has been since October 2016.
Officially Cowra received 33.6mm of rain and winds gusting up to 39km/h at 3.28pm on Friday though some Facebook users reported receiving as much as 58mm.
Rain returned on Sunday with winds of 61km/h recorded at 6.57pm and 34.8mm of rain in the gauge.
Across the region Dubbo, Parkes, Forbes and other western parts were greeted with a dust before their rain, with Bureau of Meteorology data recording very strong wind gusts reaching up to 107km/h in Dubbo at 7.41pm, while Parkes had gusts up to 95km/h.
Cowra won't see any more wet weather this week with the Bureau forecasting mostly sunny days with temperatures in the mid 30s and a 10 to 20 per cent chance of receiving any rain.
The Bureau's rainfall outlook for February to April is 50:50 with no strong push towards wetter or drier than average conditions.
Several months of above average rainfall are needed to see a recovery from current long-term rainfall deficiencies.
