Sydney records hottest July as unseasonably warm weather set to persist across most of Australia

July records broken over the weekend in parts of NSW and Victoria as almost the entire country' 2-6C above average temperatures

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Sydney has recorded its hottest July beating the previous mark set in 2018.

By mid-afternoon on Monday, each of the eastern state capital cities had topped their forecasts by a degree or more. Sydney's 23.5C was enough to have elevated July's average maximum above the previous record of 19.89C set in 2018, Ben Domensino, a senior Weatherzone meteorologist said. Data at Observatory Hill goes back to 1858.

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