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Brisbane records coldest morning in 103 years
Saturday July 12, 2014 - 11:19 EST
Brisbane has recorded its coldest morning in 103 years, with low temperatures also being felt across the rest of Queensland.
The weather bureau says the state's capital dropped to 2.6 degrees Celsius just before 7:00am (AEST).
Bureau spokeswoman Michelle Berry said it has been exceptionally cold and temperatures are still dropping.
"[It's been] the coldest morning since 1911, so it's quite a record there," she said.
Clermont in central Queensland had record-low temperatures yesterday, but broke records again this morning with the temperature dropping down to -4.5C.
Blackall recorded lows of -2.0C, Roma saw temperatures of -6.6C, and Oakey was down to -6.1C.
Further south in the state, Kingaroy reached -5.7C, Dalby dropped to -5.0C, Applethorpe was -5.4C, and Warwick recorded -5.9C.
Ms Berry said dry and clear conditions, as well as light winds, have caused temperatures to plummet but said mornings should start to warm up next week.
"I would keep the doonas at the ready in the morning," she said.
"I don't think we'll see temperatures drop as much as we saw [on Saturday] morning but we will see temperatures well and truly below their July averages.
"But then we'll actually see a change in air mass and with that increasing cloud we'll see those minimum temperatures on the rise."
In New South Wales, Glen Innes has recorded temperatures of -11.3C, while Thredbo recorded a low of -4.1C.
Victoria's Mount Baw Baw saw temperatures drop to -3.6C.
Some real winter weather now (only just returned from 10 day Hawaii trip on Friday), so feeling the pinch.
Wind chill factor making maximums of 17C (cold for here) feel like about 13-14C.
Temps did get down to as low as -4C at Cessnock in the Lower Hunter last week (about 20Ks further inland than where I live).
Maximums given of 16C across our region today, it felt cooler because it was.
My car thermometer did not go above 14.5C - and I was out and about all afternoon, and I certainly can't see any spike on this graph going above 15C:
Whoa!!!! That is a huge cold snap across eastern Australia
I imagine some of the locals are having trouble. I remember visiting San Francisco in a cold snap in December and heating couldn't keep in stores. Or there wasn't any, and the stores just opened the doors and windows and people wore sweaters while mid 40s (7°C) air flowed in. Brisbane must have more trouble coping.
True, but more impressive in some ways. There's a giant source of cold air near Florida in the winter, airflow just needs to be right for cold lows. The Australian landmass isn't as cold, so cold has to be more local.
LOL the highs are like 11c there it ain't cold at all!
But it's subtropical Australia, likely some homes don't have a real heating system and some might not have warm clothing. In San Francisco, many home and businesses didn't have central heat.
I imagine some of the locals are having trouble. I remember visiting San Francisco in a cold snap in December and heating couldn't keep in stores. Or there wasn't any, and the stores just opened the doors and windows and people wore sweaters while mid 40s (7°C) air flowed in. Brisbane must have more trouble coping.
But Brisbane still stayed warm during the day. When that cold low occurred the high later that day was above 20C. Unlike Florida where you will see a high of 13C following a cold morning.
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