OBERON Dam is rising slowly, but is still below its level at the same time last year.
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The dam was at 30.20 per cent capacity on Tuesday.
Oberon's total rainfall for August 2020 was 115.8 millimetres - well up on the 19.9mm received in August 2019.
The dam was at 35.28pc at the same time in 2019 and at 54.41 per cent at the same date in 2018.
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Oberon's August mean rainfall is 74.4mm.
The Bureau of Meteorology's 2020 Spring Outlook shows much of Australia has a high likelihood of above average rainfall in the coming months.
The bureau's manager of climate operations Dr Andrew Watkins said the outlook was being largely driven by changes in sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific and Indian oceans.
"Most long-range forecasts analysed by the bureau, including from our own climate model, are indicating a La Nina could develop in the spring, which typically results in above-average winter-spring rainfall for Australia, particularly across eastern, central and northern regions," he said.
