TAMWORTH'S annual rainfall figures halfway through the year are well below long term averages, as temperatures track towards record highs this winter.
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Up until the end of June, there had been 176.8mm recorded at the Tamworth airport.
This tally was less than half the long term average for the city at the midway point of the year.
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Typically, Tamworth has recorded 356mm from about 47 wet weather days.
The city has only seen 32 rainy days in 2019.
While it has been another relatively dry year, at the same point in 2018, there had only been a total of 92.8mm recorded.
It has been more than a month since any substantial rain fell in Tamworth when 12.4mm dropped on June 3.
So far, this winter in Tamworth has been unusually dry and warm.
This June fell well short of the month's long term average rain with just 16.4mm which was only slightly greater than one quarter of the month's mean, 57.7mm.
The city hasn't seen a drop of yet in July; a month which typically brings 45.6mm.
Top temperatures in the middle month of winter are tracking at record highs in 2019.
Thermometers are peaking at 20.7 degrees in July which is 4.5 degrees above the average.
June was a little warmer than usual as well, climbing 1.2 degrees above the standard set in the last 25 years.
Dry and warm winter could likely prolong Tamworth's water restrictions as Chaffey Dam's capacity continues to fall.
The dam, which is currently the chief supply for Tamworth's population, fell to 23 per cent recently.
Level four restrictions came into effect in Tamworth two months ago when capacity hit 25 per cent.
General security licence holders were handed down a zero per cent allocation for surface water for the coming year so the dam's depletion should slow in coming months.