Although we received some rain over the weekend, the Moree Plains Shire remains in drought, according to the latest NSW DPI Combined Drought Indicator.
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This is despite the Bureau of Meteorology reporting that the drought continued to weaken across large areas of the state in June.
"Despite the improvements, the situation is complex and most of the state remains in the Drought Affected category," the BOM's June seasonal update said.
"Consistent rainfall has allowed some central and southern areas to maintain strong potential for drought recovery, while recent dryness in other areas such as the north east has slowed recovery.
"Intense Drought conditions persist in parts of western, south-east and northern NSW. There has been no relief and these regions need effective rainfall to improve conditions."
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The BOM said rainfall over the next three months remains crucial for extending drought recovery or to ease conditions where little or no relief has been experienced.
June rainfall was generally below the long-term monthly average across NSW. This was certainly the case in Moree, which received only 8.2mm for the whole of June - well below the monthly average of 37.4mm.
This was the fourth successive very dry June with less than 12.5mm of rainfall - a new record dry June sequence over the last 140 years. Not much joy is expected for this July as Moree faces it's eighth successive dry July.
Moree missed out on much of the rain that was expected on the weekend, receiving only 5.6mm on Saturday and another 0.2mm on Sunday, while just south some places such as Coonabarabran recorded more than 40mm.
While the remainder of July is forecast to be dry, the BOM's seasonal outlook for the coming three months indicates a near equal to moderate chance of receiving above median rainfall across the state.
Both daytime and overnight temperatures are likely to be above-average.
On a positive note, a La Nina could be forming in spring. This combined with the current warming of the central and eastern Indian Ocean are associated with above to well above median rainfall across south east Australia during spring.