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121022

A deluge of rain around the region

  There was a deluge of rain across Eastern Australia last week with many parts of the Cobar Shire also getting a dumping from the heavy rain band that passed through. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, in town we had 64.8mm since 9am last Wednesday with more than half […]

2021

Wettest day of the month recorded

Cobar recorded its wettest day of the month this week with the Bureau of Meteorology recording 52.8mm in the rain gauge at Cobar Airport up until 9am on Tuesday morning. Our total rainfall for 2021 is now 205.4mm which, according to the Bureau, is much wetter than the long-term average […]

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170620

Welcome rain

The Cobar district has recorded another welcome drop of rain over the weekend, with potential for more this week. A total of 12mm was officially recorded at the Cobar Meteorological Office from a storm overnight Saturday. To the east of Cobar the Gepperts at Restdown measured 13mm which they report […]

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Golfers cheering despite rain-cancelled games

While just a handful of players could celebrate their wins after a big Easter weekend of golf, all golfers were cheering on Monday after heavy rain the night before closed the course. Men’s golf captain Peter ‘China’ Brien said the 61mm “was just what the doctor ordered”. Brien said the […]

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IT FINALLY RAINED!

With the chance of just 1-5mm of rain initially forecast for Easter Monday, it was definitely a nice surprise for many locals to see just over 50mm recorded in town. The rain was widespread with a number of properties around the Cobar Shire recording good falls, including Vanessa and Dudley […]

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Cobar records its best rain in years

Cobar has recorded its wettest winter in years and there is more on the way according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Already 320mm of rain has fallen this year, around 80mm more than what is expected on average to the end of July. With more solid rain expected this week, […]