In Brief:
Mostly dry
and warm, or hot, with plenty of sunshine. Unsettled at the beginning and end of the month.
Temperature: [Minimum]:
Lowest: 11.4 degs C on the 31st. There has been a lower
minimum temperature than this every month since at least August 2013.
Highest: 17.7 degs C on the 2nd and 27th. Highest of any month since July 2016.
Average minimum: 15.06 degs C. 3rd* highest of the last 15 Julys [behind 2006 and 2013*].
Nights with temperature below 5 degs C = 0.
Nights with temperature below 0 degs C = 0.
*Unreliable thermometer in use in late 2013.
Temperature: [Maximum]:
Lowest: 17.7 degs C on the 4th. There's been a colder day than this every month since July 2016.
Highest: 27.4 degs C on the 2nd and 9th. Warmest days since June 2017, and warmest in July since 2014.
Average maximum: 23.44 degs C. Highest of any month since July 2014. 4th highest of last 15 Julys [behind 2006, 2013 and 2014].
Days with temperature above 20 degs C = 28. Highest of any month since July 2014.
Days with temperature above 25 degs C = 7. Highest of any month since July 2014.
Rainfall:
Total: 45.8 mm. 2nd driest month of 2018, behind June, and 4th driest of the last 11 Julys.
June 2018: 9.6 mm.
July 2017: 102.3 mm.
Wettest day: 21.1 mm on the 29th. Wettest day since April.
Wettest spells: 27th to 30th: 34.3 mm, and 1st to 4th: 8.4 mm.
Driest spells: 5th to 15th: Dry. No measurable rain: 18th to 26th.
Completely dry days: 21. Most for July since at least 2007 and most for any month since April 2017.
Days with no measurable rain: 22. Most for July since 2013.
Cumulatively: 2018 = 716.4 mm. [3rd wettest of last 10 January to July totals].
2017: 577.9 mm. [+23.97%].
Thunder:
None this month.
Pressure:
Lowest: 997.9 mb on the 29th.
Highest: 1029.6 mb on the 9th.
