"We had slightly warmer than usual days. I think it was about a degree warmer than usual for July, on average," Kozyniak said.
Farmers and growers are welcoming the change, after a particularly wet June.
A statement from Ministry for Primary Industries, which featured in the report, said the drier weather was allowing farmers and growers to get on with work.
"The drier conditions underfoot allowed farmers to catch up with stock work, and growers to progress with pruning, maintenance and preparation for new plantings on orchards and vineyards."
New Zealand Apples and Pears CEO Alan Pollard said the drier conditions were better for pruning.
"Certainly for apples it doesn't have any effect. It allows us to get on with pruning."
Kozyniak said at this point they are not too concerned about the dry conditions over July, especially given the rain the region has had in the past week.
However they will be keeping a close eye on the weather patterns through spring and summer.
"At this stage, not too concerning," Kozyniak said.
"It's early days yet, it may be El Nino conditions for the spring and summer, so we will be keeping a careful watch on how things go from here."
She said the conditions could be put down to regular weather variations, rather than climate change.
"It was in sort of the normal variation that we can get from winter to winter," Kozyniak said.
