A diverse range of weather expressed itself across the capital cities throughout July, with records being a hit and miss. Brisbane represented the sunny state well, having below average rainfall only receiving 14.2mm. The hottest day reached 25.9 degrees while the coolest night dropped to a chilly 2.6 degrees. This overnight temperature was the coolest July night in 14 years. Sydney received both its warmest night and day yesterday reaching 13.9 degrees and 25 degrees respectively. Sydney has never recorded three consecutive days above 23 degrees in July, which it did on the last three days of the month. The coldest day dropped to only 14.9 degrees, 1.4 degrees below the July average and similarly for the coldest minimum at 6.4 degrees, 1.7 degrees below the average. Only 16.4mm fell throughout the month of July, well below the average of 97.9mm. Overall it was a warmer than average July with significantly less rainfall. Similarly for Melbourne, yesterday was both the warmest day and night at 19.9 degrees and 13.7 degrees respectively. 19.2mm fell throughout the month, well below the 47.7mm July average. Adelaide's daily temperatures were right on the historical average at 15.3 degrees, although the minimum temperatures crept slightly above the average of 7.5 degrees, hitting 8.2 degrees. While temperatures were near average, rainfall did exceed the monthly average due to a few strong cold fronts throughout July. Adelaide received 95.2mm which exceeded the July average of 76.9mm, although well below the wettest July in 1986 where rain for the month of July reached 159.8mm. In the west, Perth exceeded the July 1993-2013 average for daily and overnight temperatures. The first day of the month was the warmest reaching 23 degrees and 4.6 above the average, while the warmest overnight temperature was the same evening reaching 16.5 degrees and making it the warmest morning in 20 years. Rainfall just pushed over the average of 146.4mm, accumulating 151.2mm for the month due to a few heavy daily totals. In the Northern Territory's Top End, Darwin remained dry while daily temperatures just reached over the daily average and overnight temperatures crept just below the July average. The hottest day was on Tuesday reaching 33.6 degrees, 3 degrees above the average. The coldest evening was on the first day of the month dropping to 15.4 degrees, which was 3.9 degrees below the average. In the nation's capital, Canberra had a chilly overnight average of 0 degrees, however this is slightly warmer that the historical average of -0.1. Rainfall was significantly less than the July average of 41.2mm, only receiving 16.2mm and well short of the record July rain in 1993 at 121mm.