A whopping 152.2 millimetres (mm) of rain officially fell in Dubbo in the week leading up to Tuesday morning.
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It took the rain tally for the month to 179mm, almost three times the average 63.5mm for March.
The biggest fall was 65.2mm in the 24 hours to 9mm March 18, followed by 52mm in the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday, and 26.4mm in the 24 hours to 9am Monday.
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The data has been recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) from rain collected in the automatic weather station at Dubbo City Regional Airport.
The BoM's seven-day forecast for Dubbo as of Tuesday predicted "heavy rain at times" that day.
But from Wednesday to Monday there was little chance of rain.
The BoM reported of a 30 per cent chance of up to 1mm falling on Wednesday.
The forecast for Thursday was "mostly sunny, Friday "sunny", Saturday and Sunday "partly cloudy", and Monday "mostly sunny".
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