July recorded unusual weather for the Capital

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
July weather was a little different in the capital this year.
Our early mornings in Canberra have been unseasonably frosty as
we shiver through the longest frostpell in July since nineteen
ninety four. We've had eighteen days of sub zero temperatures,
two more than our monthly average. Miriam Alansari from weather
Zone says the record freeze is due to a persistent

(00:22):
high pressure system, masses of cold air and clear skies.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
We've got a lot of clear skies at the moment,
and the clear skies mean that it's becoming very very
cold overnight, which is kind of freezing over all the
rain droplets that we have at the surface causing frost.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
And it's actually been drier than usual as well, as
we've come in well below our average rainfall total of
thirty two millimeters.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
We've only had ten days where they've been showers over
July and the total rainfall over the month has only
been ten millimeters.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
Looking forward, we could be seeing a bit of rain
as August kicks off, which could potentially lead to snowfall.
I'm Hannah Donald reporting for Amplifying News and to stay
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