SOME decent rainfall over the catchment and tightened water restrictions have helped stem the rapid depletion of Chaffey Dam's storage.
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Saturday was the wettest day in Tamworth in about two years with 46mm recorded at the Tamworth airport.
It was the biggest downpour since May 20, 2017 when 44mm fell.
There were reports of bigger falls across the region from Saturday morning with Gunnedah copping upwards of 80mm and 47mm at Kelvin, while Blackville saw more than 80mm as well, according to locals.
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The drenching in Tamworth saw the city's rain gauge rise to 76.2mm for the month of March which made it an above average month (53.1mm) in terms of rainfall.
Saturday was also the wettest March day in Tamworth since a record 80.4mm fell on March 2, 2013.
The weekend might have had some reaching for their winter woolies amid the wet weather and cooler climes, but Weatherzone meteorologist Scott Morris said the rain wouldn't be here to stay this week.
"We saw a cold front pass through the region and the south-east of Australia and it brought showers to a lot places," Mr Morris said.
"There could be a bit more for the next few days, but it's not going to be a lot, most of it has passed."
The deluge brought some delight this weekend, however 2019 has already proven to be a very dry year.
A mere 66.6mm has fallen in Tamworth to date, well behind the long-term average of 194.5mm usually recorded by this point in the year.
The city's primary water supply, Chaffey Dam, has been rapidly depleting during the dry-spell.
However, the decline has been somewhat stemmed with some rain over the dam and level three water restrictions coming into effect.
Chaffey's capacity was listed at 27.6 per cent capacity on Sunday, but Water NSW figures showed more than 23mm of rain fell at the dam and there had been and inflow of 26 megalitres.
The most recent water availability report said 64 megalitres was still being released from Chaffey on a daily basis.