Some parched NSW towns have received more rain in 24 hours than they have all year but it's not enough to break the drought that's gripped the state for months.
Western regions received significant falls overnight generated by a trough that will cross central NSW before moving into the Hunter Valley, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
"It's going to give some brief respite but unfortunately we need a lot more," bureau metrologist Simon Louis told reporters on Thursday.
