Farmers across the region watched in anticipation as grey skies opened up, pouring up to 100mm of rain onto parched paddocks and bone-dry dams.

Despite recording one of the lower rainfalls around Hay, wool grower Bert Matthews was thrilled with yesterday's excellent downpour.

Having spent the past week walking his agisted sheep along the roadside the entire 50-kilometre trip back to his property to enable them to feed, Mr Matthews said the rain couldn't have come at a better time.

"We're on the lighter end of all the rain, we got 35mm out here but our next-door neighbour had 104mm at his property," he said.

"I was just talking to a farmer from south of Boorooban and they had 108mm. I've just walked my sheep back onto the property today so this rain is very welcome."

While still officially mired in drought, Mr Matthews said 2010 was already a big improvement on the past couple of years.

"We're a lot better off this year," he said.

"Last year was probably the worst year I've ever had on this property."

Eunony farmer Graham White was equally pleased with the past couple of days' rainfall.

Hoping for some good follow-up rain later in the month to set him up for autumn, Mr White found it hard to complain about the 28mm that fell on his property between 9am and 3pm yesterday.

"It's good to know it can rain still, it will do some good," he said. "The rainwater tanks were getting down and we were talking about buying some more water but now we can put that on hold for another month."

Not wanting to push their luck too much, farmers are crossing their fingers and hoping the wet weather hangs around until at least early next week as predicted.