Queensland's July rainfall was more than 70 per cent below the long-term average and the driest since 2014, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Despite it being the middle of winter, July was a month with an average temperature nearly 2 degrees higher than the long-term average.
In the second half of the month, some locations reported their highest temperatures on record, including Gatton, Amberley and Archerfield airport.
While the south-east, south and west of Queensland saw very little rain, the northern interior and coast recorded above-average rain.