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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Sara Garrity

ACT temperatures almost 2 degrees warmer than average in July: BOM

The warmer and drier than average weather is likely to continue, experts said. Picture by Keegan Carroll

The ACT's average maximum temperature was around 2 degrees hotter than usual for the month of July, with just a third of the regular amount of rainfall, the Bureau of Meteorology has revealed.

Records were broken at different weather stations. Tuggeranong recorded the highest July average maximum temperature on record at 14.7 degrees, while Canberra Airport's average of 14.5, beating the long term average by 1.8 degrees, was also the highest ever recorded at the site.

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