Australia records hottest July, Bureau of Meteorology says

A BOM report released today shows the country’s average July temperature was at its highest in more than 100 years of weather recording.

A BOM report released today shows the country’s average July temperature was at its highest in more than 100 years of weather recording.

BOM forecaster David Crock said the warmest parts had been through Queensland, the Northern Territory, northern Western Australia and New South Wales.

Mackay, in central Queensland, had its hottest July day on record at 28.9C on July 19, beating the previous record set only the year before.

“The month has been dominated — at least in eastern Australia — by a ridge of high pressure which has seen very clear skies and a warm air mass sit over the country for days and weeks at a time,” he said.

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