Many grey nomads heading north through the Centre may have been caught out by just how cold it’s been.
Bureau of Meteorology climatologist Greg Browning said Alice Springs often got chilly, but 2018 had already been colder than average.
“Each year, there are an average of 12.8 nights where the temperature drops to zero or below, with July typically being the month with most nights below zero (6.1 on average),” he told the Gladstone Observer. “The temperature at Alice Springs airport has been zero degrees or below for the past 5 consecutive nights – just a little over the average for June, which is four nights below zero.”
And Alice Springs resident Margaret Wallace was shocked yesterday morning when she went to get a drink for her horses and found water frozen coming out if the tap (pictured).
“Basically I was out with the horses at Blatherskite Park, and I went to use the tap and this is what I came across,” she said. “It’s not usually this bad – I’ve never seen it coming out of the tap like that.”
The coldest overnight temperature on record for June was -6C in 2002.
