The Bureau of Meteorology's main weather station at the Orange airport has recorded 157.8mm so far this month, which eclipses the 157.2mm in the middle of winter in 1998 and ensures the 2021 reading is at the very least our best since 1990 when 170mm fell across the region.

The soaking we received in 2016 is a memorable one, but that July was met with 148.2mm. It came on the back of 219mm in June.

There's more rain on the radar as well, with a 90 per cent chance of as much as 5mm come Wednesday.

We've well exceeded the 71.5mm average for July and, while we're a long way off it yet, the last time Orange passed 200mm in the middle of winter was 1891.

After reaching just a top of around 4 degrees Celsius on Sunday, with snow flakes falling above 800 metres without settling, the somewhat warmer weather on the cards this week is welcome.

The city should reach 9 degrees on Monday, then break into double digits on Tuesday and stay there for the next seven days - Saturday's top of 15 degrees the peak.

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