Sydney records hottest July as unseasonably warm weather set to persist across most of Australia
by Caitlin Cassidy and Peter Hannam from on (#6DDHS)
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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