July 2012 Summary

In Brief:
Mainly cool and wet during the first half, then dry and warmer for the last two weeks and very warm for a time. 

Temperature [Minimum]:
Night-time temperatures ranged from 9.9 degs C [equal to that of June] on the night of the 20th/21st, to 17.4 degs C on the night of the 25th/26th.  This was the warmest night since August 2010.   This gave an average minimum temperature of 14.19 degs C, the highest since July 2010 and the fourth warmest for July since 2004.

Temperature [Maximum]:
The lowest maximum for the month of July 2012 was 18.0 degs C on the 12th.  Every month has had a lower maximum than this since August 2010.  The warmest day was the 26th with 26.1 degs C.  This is the highest temperature since June 2010 and the highest July temperature since 2006.
The average daytime temperature was 20.83 degs C, making it the warmest month since August 2010, but the third coolest July of the last nine, with only 2007 and 2011 being lower.

The temperature exceeded 20 degs C on 20 days in July 2012, which compares to just 12 days in June, and 23 in July 2011.  It was the fewest number of times the temperature exceeded 20 degs in any July of the last nine.
The temperature also exceeded 25 degs C [on the 25th and 26th] for the first time since July 2010.
On the 27th however, the maximum was only 20.8 degs C, a drop of 5.3 degs.

Rainfall:
104.8 mm of rain fell during the month of July 2012. This was less than June [129.4 mm] but considerably more than 58.1 mm in July 2011.  It was also the wettest July since 2009.
The wettest day itself was the 7th [25.5 mm], the most since 29th April. The 12th was also very wet with 23.3 mm, and the 2nd and 5th also saw over 10 mm each.
97.2 mm of rain had fallen by the end of the 12th.
There were 12 completely dry days, which compares with only 4 in June, and 15 in July 2011. No rain fell from the 19th to the 29th, making it the longest dry spell since that of March 23rd to April 2nd.

Thunder:
No thunder was heard or reported this month.