The worst of this week's wet weather is behind us ,with the Bureau of Meteorology confirming it's just cloudy days ahead for Canberrans.
In the 24-hour period leading up to 9am Thursday, the ACT experienced 36.4 millimetres of rain with no large hail, despite initial warnings issued on Wednesday.
Wednesday's warning predicted damaging winds for the ACT and southern NSW region, indicating large hail was also possible. By Thursday morning, the warning had been downgraded as the storm soaked the nation's capital but caused little damage.
The ACT Emergency Services Agency confirmed it had only received five requests for assistance since 8am on Thursday. All five requests were for leaking roofs.
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A drizzle persisted after Thursday's wet morning but only measured in at two millimetres.
Bureau duty forecaster Shuang Wang said the region did also get hit by some gusty winds, but the warning had been issued for a broad area with Canberra missing much of the expected wild weather.
The good news is that the deluge is now mostly over.
Ms Wang said it was partly cloudy conditions for the next few days. With the cloud band clearing on Saturday morning, the temperature was also expected to drop to a minimum temperature of 2 degrees. However, the top temperature between Saturday and Tuesday is expected to reach 21 degrees.
The drier weather won't last for long, with rain forecast to begin again on Sunday evening with the possibility of a few showers leading into Monday and Tuesday.
Canberra's wet few weeks haven't been completely without incident. The persistent rain led two dams, Cotter and Bendora, to overflow this week, and they're expected to hit capacity by the end of the year.
Cotter Dam previously overflowed in 2016 when the territory's water storage levels were last at 100 per cent. The ACT region's four dams now sit at 87 per cent.
