Grey nomads shivering through some seriously chilly temperatures are being warned to keep rugged up for the next few days at least.
And it’s not just those in the south who are having to reassess their clothing selections.
In Townsville, for example, the ABC reports that temperatures dipped as low as 7 degrees in Townsville yesterday morning, matching the overnight minimum in Hobart.
The Bureau of Meteorology says the blast of wintry weather over southeastern Australia will continue into the weekend, with damaging winds forecast for some states.
Strong gusts are forecast to sweep through South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, the south coast of Western Australia and the ACT.
So, how much further north do I have to go to avoid this? PIC: Dan Hamill / Pexels
9News reports that South Australia will initially feel the windy blast along the Mount Lofty Ranges and parts of the coast from early today as a cold front sweeps across the state.
The bureau warns average wind speeds of about 60km/h will strengthen to damaging gusts of up to 100 km/h later today and continue into early tomorrow.
The winds will be accompanied by rain, hail and snow in some parts.
Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Ceduna, Kingscote, Victor Harbor and Meningie are reportedly most likely to feel the brunt of the severe weather.
Meanwhile, the ABC reports that a century-old weather record has tumbled in Far North Queensland, with residents resorting to ‘socks and Crocs’ to brave unseasonal cold conditions.
The same weather system which brought snowfall and cold air to southern Australia in recent days has apparently landed in central and northern Queensland.
Bureau of Meteorology community information officer Morgan Pumpa told the ABC that Palmerville in Cape York broke a 125-year-old record yesterday with the coldest July day since 1899.
The 0.5 degree minimum also was the coldest morning since 1913, when -0.1 degrees was recorded.
The ABC reports that the Gulf of Carpentaria also cracked a record when Normanton Airport got down to 8.2 degrees, its coldest recorded July morning since 2007.
The Bureau said Mount Isa in north-west Queensland had its coldest July morning since 2018, dropping to -0.5 degrees, while many other locations such as Townsville and Cairns had their coldest morning in at least two years.
Ms Pumpa said the cold weather for northern and central Queensland was expected to continue over the weekend due to a complex low-pressure system over the Tasman Sea and a high-pressure system over central Australia.
“Those two are combining to be bringing us this southerly and south-westerly airflow,” she told the ABC. “It is the same system which bought the snow and high amount of rainfall to Victoria more recently.”
The Bureau said it was expecting temperatures to remain low for the next several days with widespread frosts but did not expect any snow flurries in Queensland.
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Its Winter in Australia, the weather tends to be much colder.
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