Sunday 2 August 2026 - Monthly Climate Summary for Australian Capital Territory - Product code IDCKGC15L0

Australian Capital Territory in July 2026

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for July were above average at all sites across Australian Capital Territory.
  • July rainfall totals ranged from around 128% to around 165% of average across the Territory.
  • The wettest day was 38.4 mm rainfall total at Mount Ginini AWS on the 2nd, which recorded the wettest overall with 115.6 mm rainfall total.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for July at all sites across the Territory were above average.
  • July mean maximum temperatures for the Territory ranged from 1.1 °C above average at Canberra Airport to 2.1 °C above average at Mount Ginini AWS.
  • The warmest day was 18.7 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 19th.
  • The coldest day was -1.6 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 29th.
  • Some sites had their hottest July day (highest daily maximum temperature) on record.
  • Mount Ginini had its highest July mean maximum temperature on record.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for July at sites across the Territory were below to above average.
  • July mean minimum temperatures for the Territory ranged from 0.4 °C below average at Tuggeranong (Isabela Plains) AWS to 1.1 °C above average at Mount Ginini AWS.
  • The warmest night was 8.4 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 2nd.
  • The coldest night was -6.2 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 20th
  • Mount Ginini had its warmest July night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record.

Canberra Airport

  • Total rainfall for Canberra Airport was 41.0 mm, which is 128% of the long-term average at the current site of 32.1 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Canberra Airport was 13.9 °C, which is 1.1 °C above the long-term average at the current site of 12.8 °C.
  • The warmest day was 17.8 °C on the 19th, and the coolest day was on the 13th when the temperature reached 9.5 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Canberra Airport was 0.0 °C, which is 0.1 °C below the long-term average at the current site of 0.1 °C.
  • The coldest morning was -5.9 °C on the 31st, and the warmest morning was on the 2nd when the minimum temperature was 7.9 °C.

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Extremes in July 2026
Hottest day 18.7 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 19th
Warmest days on average 14.1 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS
Coolest days on average 4.7 °C at Mount Ginini AWS
Coldest day -1.6 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 29th
Coldest night -6.2 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 20th
Coolest nights on average -1.2 °C at Mount Ginini AWS
Warmest nights on average 0.0 °C at Canberra Airport
Warmest night 8.4 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 2nd
Warmest on average overall 7.0 °C at Canberra Airport
Coolest on average overall 1.8 °C at Mount Ginini AWS
Wettest overall 115.6 mm at Mount Ginini AWS
Wettest day 38.4 mm at Mount Ginini AWS on the 2nd
Strongest wind gust 87.0 km/h at Mount Ginini AWS on the 3rd

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Record highest July temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
July
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS 18.7 on the 19th =18.7 on 05 Jul 2018 31 12.5
Mount Ginini AWS 12.9 on the 20th 10.2 on 01 Jul 2011 23 2.6


Record highest July mean maximum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
July
Mount Ginini AWS 4.7 4.6 in 2023 23 2.6


Record highest July daily minimum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
July
Mount Ginini AWS 4.8 on the 21st 4.4 on 19 Jul 2016 23 -2.3


Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Summary statistics for July 2026
Maximum temperatures
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
(°C)		 Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
July
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
July
2026		 Mean for
July
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
July
2026		 Total for
July
2026		 Average
for
July		 Rank of
July
2026		 Fraction of
July
average
Canberra Airport 13.9 +1.1 17.8 19th 0.0 -0.1 -5.9 31st 41.0 32.1 average 128%
Mount Ginini AWS 4.7 +2.1 12.9 20th -1.2 +1.1 -6.0 24th 115.6 90.1 high 128%
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS 14.1 +1.6 18.7 19th -0.3 -0.4 -6.2 20th 61.4 37.3 high 165%

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Daily maximum temperatures for July 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Canberra Airport 14.7 14.0 10.4 13.4 13.2 13.3 15.1 13.2 14.7 13.6 12.7 10.7 9.5 13.2 15.2 15.2 15.9 17.5 17.8 17.7 16.3 14.8 13.2 11.3 16.0 14.0 14.8 14.2 10.9 12.0 13.5
Mount Ginini AWS 5.8 2.1 -0.2 3.1 1.3 4.6 6.6 6.8 5.0 5.0 1.6 0.1 1.3 1.8 6.5 8.6 7.9 10.4 10.8 12.9 10.3 5.1 2.4 2.1 3.7 5.9 6.3 2.9 -1.6 3.0 4.0
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS 15.1 14.4 10.5 15.2 12.2 12.3 15.6 14.0 14.4 14.1 11.5 9.6 10.7 13.8 15.3 15.5 16.1 18.1 18.7 18.1 15.0 14.8 13.8 12.3 17.6 13.6 14.1 14.6 11.1 12.2 14.1
Values are the maximum temperature, usually in the 24 hours from 9 am on the day indicated,
and typically occurred in the afternoon of that day.
Temperatures coloured according to their difference
from the long-term average for the period		 -10.0 -9.0 -8.0 -7.0 -6.0 -5.0 -4.0 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 0.0 +1.0 +2.0 +3.0 +4.0 +5.0 +6.0 +7.0 +8.0 +9.0 +10.0 °C Grey outline marks highest
and lowest for the period
Daily minimum temperatures for July 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Canberra Airport 6.7 7.9 6.5 4.8 -2.9 4.7 -1.3 -2.1 -2.3 -1.9 -2.8 1.5 6.5 7.6 -1.9 -1.5 -2.1 -0.7 -5.8 -4.9 -4.2 -3.2 1.5 -3.9 -3.3 -1.5 0.9 1.2 5.9 -3.7 -5.9
Mount Ginini AWS 2.8 -0.1 -2.0 -2.5 -2.3 -2.6 -1.3 0.4 -1.6 -2.0 -1.7 -4.1 -3.0 0.0 -2.5 1.2 -1.2 2.6 2.3 4.6 4.8 1.1 -0.7 -6.0 -5.0 -1.3 -0.7 -2.8 -4.7 -5.1 -3.1
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS 8.3 8.4 6.6 0.1 -1.3 5.9 -2.3 -2.2 -2.0 -0.9 -3.0 0.5 6.4 7.8 -2.8 -1.8 -3.1 -2.3 -5.7 -6.2 -4.0 -2.9 1.8 -4.8 -4.2 -2.9 1.3 1.0 5.7 -4.7 -5.3
Values are the minimum temperature, usually in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated,
and typically occurred that morning.
Temperatures coloured according to their difference
from the long-term average for the period		 -10.0 -9.0 -8.0 -7.0 -6.0 -5.0 -4.0 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 0.0 +1.0 +2.0 +3.0 +4.0 +5.0 +6.0 +7.0 +8.0 +9.0 +10.0 °C Grey outline marks highest
and lowest for the period
Daily rainfall for July 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Aranda (Bindaga St) 15.2 23.8 3.0 - - 1.0 - - - - - 8.8 1.4 0.6 1.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6
Bruce (Australian Institute of Sport) 12.6 25.0 3.0 → → 1.0 - - - - → → 9.4 0.6 1.0 - - - - - - - - - → → 0.8
Canberra Airport 8.0 22.8 2.0 - - 0.2 - - 0.2 0.2 - 6.4 - - 0.2 0.2 - 0.2 - 0.2 - - - - - 0.2 - - - 0.2 -
Mount Ginini AWS 20.4 38.4 9.2 3.0 7.8 - 0.2 - - - - 4.2 12.0 10.6 4.4 0.2 - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - 3.2 1.4 0.4
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS 11.8 35.8 2.0 0.4 - - - - - - - 10.2 0.4 - 0.2 - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - 0.4 - -
Most values are the precipitation in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated. Days marked with → are part of a longer accumulation, which is shown on the final day.
Values over 100 mm have been rounded to the nearest whole millimetre.
Days marked with - have a rainfall report of zero; days left blank have no rainfall report (which often indicates no rain fell).
Rainfalls coloured
according to the amount		 0 1.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 25.0 50.0 100 150 200 300 400 600 millimetres

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Notes

The Monthly climate summary, usually published in the first week of the following month, lists the main features of the weather in Australian Capital Territory using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated.

This statement has been prepared based on information available on Sunday 2 August 2026. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.

In some situations, some or all of the rainfall is in the form of hail or snow. In these cases, the totals given are for the water equivalent: the depth of liquid water that results from melting any frozen precipitation. There can be significant 'undercatch' of snow in strong winds, meaning the true precipitation can be higher than that reported.

Averages for individual sites are long-term means based on observations from all available years of record, excluding the current year. The length of record can vary widely from site to site. Averages are not shown for sites with fewer than 10 years of record, as they cannot then be calculated reliably.
The median is sometimes more representative than the mean of long-term average rain.

The Rank indicates how rainfall this time compares with the climate record for the site, based on the decile ranking (very low rainfall is in decile 1, low in decile 2 or 3, average in decile 4 to 7, high in decile 8 or 9 and very high is in decile 10).
The Fraction of average shows how much rain has fallen this time as a percentage of the long-term mean.

Where temperature area averages are mentioned, they are derived from the ACORN-SAT dataset.

Information about Australian Indigenous seasonal calendars is available at the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website.

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