NSW records driest July since 2002

By Dominica Sanda
Updated August 1 2018 - 3:56pm, first published 3:07pm
NSW farmers are hurting with the bureau saying it's been the driest January to July since 1965.
NSW farmers are hurting with the bureau saying it's been the driest January to July since 1965.

NSW has recorded the fifth-driest July on record with the dry spell marking the seventh consecutive month of below-average rainfall across the state.