This surge in rain has meant good things for winter crop growers.

Murrami farmer Debbie Buller has experienced a great season because of the added rainfall.

She said it was a nice change of pace.

“To have it this wet just as spring is starting has been a real bonus,” she said.

“The ground is really sodden and these soils hold the moisture really well.”

While it had been smooth sailing for the most part, there have been a few hiccups along the way.

She said there may just have been a bit too much rain.

“Some people have lost crops from drowning,” she said.

“We’ve lost some crops – although not as many as others – but the ones that have survived have a really good chance of yielding quite well.”

Despite being only a few days into September, Griffith has already experienced half of it’s average rainfall with 16.8mm. 

This could prove problematic for some farmers.

Mrs Buller said the summer crops may be in for a later start than usual.

“People want to get into the summer crops but it’s a bit awkward because it’s still so wet,” she said.

“It will be crops like cotton that will likely suffer the most.”

She said another large downpour could also spell trouble.

“I don't think we'd want another heavy rain event too soon because it could potentially flood the creeks,” she said.

Technical officer at the Bureau of Meteorology’s Wagga office Robbie Lennard said the record rain was probably caused by slow moving troughs.

“Even though it wasn't particularly heavy rain, the clouds moved slowly across the area which allowed for time for rain to fall,” he said.

“Some of the El Niño events that we've had in the last decade have meant for drier conditions.

“This time around it was almost what you’d call a normal winter.”

He said Griffith also benefited from some outside help.

“The high pressure system sitting in the far north allows the front to impact more in Griffith and some masses of clouds gave us some heavier rain.”

In total 185.8mm of rain between fell between the winter months of June, July and August.

Griffith, Narrandera and Yanco all broke their previous records after receiving 185.8mm, 215.2mm and 206.8mm, respectively.

A large contributor to this was June’s downpour of 77mm, which was another record high.