Warmest July on record for parts of Australia

That made it the nation’s ninth-warmest July since 1910.

But in elements of the nation even that file was surpassed.

Tasmania skilled its warmest July ever recorded, with temperatures 2.02 levels above the long-term common.

Sydney’s common temperature, together with elements of Victoria and NSW, was additionally the very best ever seen in July.

“One of the main drivers behind Australia’s abnormally warm July was an unusual dominance of high pressure over the Australian continent, which helped keep cold fronts to the south of the country,” Weatherzone stated.

“This suppression of seasonal frontal activity also limited rainfall across the southern half of Australia in July.”

Rainfall throughout the Murray-Darling Basin final month was about 40 per cent beneath the long-term common.

Mallacoota in jap Victoria skilled its driest July on file, with 8.6mm of rain in comparison with its long-term month-to-month common of 80mm.