Dry areas of New South Wales saw some outstanding rain over the past few days, with some places seeing their average monthly August rainfall in a single day. Last week, parts of the Northern Tablelands were sitting at only ten percent of the monthly average. In Armidale, their monthly average rainfall was received over two days, with 48mm falling in 48 hours to 9am Tuesday. The rain at Inverell came thick and fast, recording 44mm over two days which is ten millimeters over the August average. Excellent rainfall also was recorded over the Northwest Slopes and Plains, which had only seen one percent of August’s monthly rainfall as of last week. Tamworth Airport recorded 49.6mm in a day, making it the wettest August day since records began in 1993. Walgett saw 26mm land in the rain gauge, its heaviest 24 hour total since December. Barraba saw over 60mm fall over two days, which is the wettest 48 hours since March last year. Western NSW didn't miss out either. Broken Hill and Pooncarrie saw several days of rain making it the wettest August in over a decade. At Menindee a month's worth of rain fell in a day, with 25mm falling over three days. At White Cliffs and Brewarrina, it was the first rain seen since late July. Unfortunately for some parts of NSW, there is such a thing as too much rain. In the Illawarra, 390mm has fallen in two days at Nowra, the wettest 48 hours in over a 100 years of records. At Kiama, 248mm fell in two days and at Albion Park 252mm has fallen in the same period. The rain spread across the state due to a dynamic trough and low that formed over northern parts of South Australia on Sunday 23rd. The trough crossed northern NSW triggering showers and thunderstorms which brought healthy rain totals. By the time the trough reached the Tasman, the low and evolved into an East Coast Low which lead to the flooding rain to the Illawarra and South Coast.