Weatherzone reported that the national average temperature last month was 1.19 degrees above the average for 1961-1990.
That made it the country’s ninth-warmest July since 1910.
But in parts of the country even that record was surpassed.
Tasmania experienced its warmest July ever recorded, with temperatures 2.02 degrees above the long-term average.
Sydney’s average temperature, along with parts of Victoria and NSW, was also the highest 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 said.
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“This suppression of seasonal frontal activity also limited rainfall across the southern half of Australia in July.”
Rainfall across the Murray-Darling Basin last month was about 40 per cent below the long-term average.
Mallacoota in eastern Victoria experienced its driest July on record, with 8.6mm of rain compared to its long-term monthly average of 80mm.
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