January joy: Tamworth's wettest month in almost three years

The 94.7mm recorded in the city is the most since March 2017, and only the third time in two years Tamworth has recorded more than its monthly average rainfall.

Between July and December last year, only 86.6mm fell. January is historically the city's wettest month, with an average of 85.4mm.

With potential showers predicted for the end of the week, it's possible the city could scrape into the triple figures for the first time since March 2017 (124.2mm).

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The 94.7mm makes up a large chunk (14 per cent) of the city's annual rainfall average of 673.6mm.

Last year, Tamworth received less than 40 per cent (263.6mm) of its typical rainfall.

Loomberah farmer Kevin Tongue said he's got water in his dams and grass starting to grow in his paddocks.

"It puts a smile on your face to know it can still rain," Mr Tongue said.

"It's been our best month since 2016 - in the last 10 days we've had close to 100mm. This will give us and other farmers in the region a reprieve from buying expensive feed for our stock."

Although January has set farmers off on the right foot for 2020, Mr Tongue said "February and March can be a dry period for us".

"The drought has nowhere near broken," he said.

"Some of the rain fell so heavy that it ran straight off into our dams, so the sub-soil moisture is still very limited.

"Hopefully we keep getting these showers to build up the soil moisture profile."

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