If you found yourself reaching for the winter woollies a little less this year, it's probably because July's average maximum temperature was the second warmest on record.
Across Australia, the mean maximum temperature was 2.22 degrees Celsius above the average with Western Australia, the Northern Territory and South Australia all recording average maximums 2.3C or higher above the average.
The figures from the Bureau of Meteorology are below last year's record of 2.63C above average, with July also being the driest for the country since 2002.
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