If the temperature reaches 15 degrees today Melbourne will have its hottest July on record. David Brooksy swimming regardless of the weather in Brighton. Source: News Limited
IT'S official. Melbourne has had its warmest July ever recorded.
After dropping to 3.6C this morning, Melbourne hit a balmy top of 15.7C just before 2pm - pushing our average July temperature this year to 15.9C.
The previous record of 15.8C was set in 1975.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Scott Williams said this year was becoming one of the hottest on record for Australia.
"July has been at the upper end for temperatures, it has still been quite a warm year," Mr Williams said.
"While it's a very warm July, the Melbourne CBD has been influenced by the urban build-up.
"It's not all global warming, there has been a huge population growth and more heat pumped into the urban environment, more people and traffic, so this is why we are seeing these higher temperatures over winter."br
The long-term average for July is 13.5C.
The warmest day so far this month was 23.3C on July 18.
July first averaged above 15C in 1969 and since then it has happened eight times.
With the average temperature for August being 15.9C,
Melburnians may see some warmer days punctuated by cold snaps leading into August, which has an average of 15.9C.
A top of 16C is forecast for tomorrow, with showers developing and 15C on Friday followed by a cool 14C and a few showers for Saturday and Sunday.
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