Wangaratta had 65.6mm of rainfall in July, the exact same amount as recorded in March this year and just above the historical average of 62mm.

Rain was recorded at the Bureau of Meteorology's weather station at Wangaratta Airport on 17 days of July, just over half the days of the month.

This brought the total yearly rainfall for the rural city up to 298.4mm, which is still significantly below the historical average of 349.6mm for the first seven months of the year.

Wangaratta's coldest minimum temperature of -1.8 degrees Celsius was recorded on 1 July, with the maximum temperature of 17.4 degrees Celsius on 2 July.

The bureau's outlook for August is a 58 per cent chance of above median rainfall (more than 67.3mm), a 22 per cent chance of usually wet weather (above 94.1mm), and a 11 per cent chance of usually dry weather (32.7mm).

The forecast for August includes an 80 per cent chance of above median maximum temperatures (more than 13.9 degrees Celsius) and a 67 per cent chance of above median minimum temperatures (more than 3.7 degrees Celsius).

The bureau’s long-range forecast for August to October shows rainfall is likely to be above average for most of mainland Australia.

Warmer than average days are likely across south-eastern Australia.