DUBBO has experienced it’s coldest temperature since 1940 and a record low for total rainfall during the past month.
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In July, Dubbo received just 1.6 millimetres of rain, as recorded by the Bureau of Meterology at it’s automatic weather station at Dubbo City Regional Council airport.
The last record low for total rainfall was recorded in July 2017 with three millimetres recorded.
Other towns around the region including Cobar, Parkes, Cowra and Forbes all experienced record lows for total rainfall recorded in a July.
Across the country, Australia suffered the driest July since 2002 during the millennium drought. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) report highlighted below average rainfall recorded across mainland Australia and it was warmer nation-wide.
Overall NSW has had its driest January to July period since 1965.
Temperature wise Dubbo experienced a new record of 22.9 degrees for a recorded high temperature within the month, which had increased from the record of 22.1 degrees in 2008.
Dubbo also experienced it’s lowest minimum temperature since 1940 on Sunday, July 15, when the mercury fell to minus 6 degrees.
Across the country it was also the fifth-warmest July on record nation-wide. For NSW, daytime temperatures were very much warmer than average and night time temperatures were mostly cooler than average.
Temperatures over the next week are expected to remain in the 20s, with the exception of Saturday. Lows of 0 to 5 degrees are predicted for the next week.
Across the country it was also the fifth-warmest July on record nation-wide. For NSW, daytime temperatures were very much warmer than average and night time temperatures were mostly cooler than average.
Temperatures over the next week are expected to remain in the 20s, with the exception of Saturday. Lows of 0 to 5 degrees are predicted for the next week.
Climate Council Acting CEO Dr Martin Rice said accelerating climate change continues to drive soaring temperatures and extreme weather events including drought conditions, as a result of the nation’s rising greenhouse gas pollution levels.
“This is the driest July experienced across Australia, since the long-running Millennium Drought,” he said.
“Just like dominos, we continue to see climate records continue to fall, as climate change intensifies due to the ongoing burning of coal, oil and gas.”
“These record conditions are following in the footsteps of those experienced in 2017, after the nation recorded its hottest winter on record, with more than 260 heat and low rainfall records smashed.”
