Australians will shiver through the coldest June mornings in five years this week as winter returns with a vengeance, bringing temperatures and icy winds.
A series of cold fronts will blast the east coast with icy conditions on Tuesday as a rain system lingers over the Pacific Ocean, leaving a mass of icy air in its wake.
Millions will cop another week of ‘extreme’ winter temperatures as Aussies are warned it could be hard to get out of bed later this week.
Australians will shiver through the coldest June mornings in five years this week as winter returns with a vengeance, bringing temperatures and icy winds (temperatures on Tuesday)
Millions will cop another week of ‘extreme’ winter temperatures as Aussies are warned it could be hard to get out of bed later this week (pictured, woman soaks up the winter sun in Sydney)
By Wednesday morning, temperatures are set to drop below freezing in parts of Tasmania, Victoria, NSW and even Queensland.
Sky News meteorologist Alison Osborne said the record-low temperatures heralded a significant cold outbreak for many parts of the country.
‘The temperatures, goodness me, they are looking cold even for this time of year … It will be a hard middle of the week to get out of bed,’ she said.
The conditions will be cold but clear, with widespread frost and freezing fog.
Sydney and surrounding areas will shiver through the coldest winter morning in five years in June as temperatures fall to an icy 5 degrees.
Minimum temperatures will struggle to get above 7 and 8 degrees over the weekend with similar temperatures expected throughout next week.
Temperatures in Canberra will drop to well below freezing later this week, with Tuesday to start at -4 before warming to a measly 10 degrees.
Wednesday morning will drop even lower to -5 degrees, with -1 on Thursday.
By Wednesday morning, temperatures are set to drop below freezing in parts of Tasmania, Victoria, NSW and even Queensland (pictured, cold temperatures on Monday)
A series of cold fronts will blast the east coast with icy conditions on Tuesday as a rain system lingers over the Pacific Ocean, leaving a mass of icy air in its wake
In Melbourne, temperatures will plummet to just 4 degrees on Wednesday.
The city will receive some showers on Thursday and Friday with temperatures to remain under 10 degrees until the beginning of next week.
Further south, temperatures on Wednesday will reach just 2 degrees, with Hobart to receive some icy showers at the end of the week and into the weekend.
In Adelaide, minimum temperatures will remain below 10 degrees all week.
On the west coast, Perth will shiver through temperatures reminiscent of the east coast with lows of 7 degrees on Wednesday and 6 degrees on Thursday.
A cold front will bring cold showers to the state’s southwest on Tuesday, following patchy rain in the northwest earlier this week.
Up north, temperatures are somewhat milder with Brisbane reaching a minimum of 8 degrees on Wednesday, 9 degrees on Thursday and 13 degrees on Friday.
Darwin will experience minimum temperatures in the late teens and low 20s.
Videos posted online showed skiers out in blizzard-like conditions at the Perisher valley resort in NSW, just north of Mount Kosciuszko, on Monday (pictured)
It comes as the freezing conditions bring mammoth snowfalls to ski fields with skiers at the Perisher Valley resort making the most of blizzard-like conditions.
Perisher officials said its fields had 3cm of snow overnight as video on Monday morning showed heavy snow falling and piled on rocky outcrops.
Temperatures as low as -5.7C were recorded at the top of Perisher’s express run.
Over 30 weather stations in NSW recorded temperatures below freezing on Monday morning – many in the Central Tablelands west of Sydney.
Australia’s coldest place on Monday was Richmond, an hour northwest of Sydney, where the temperature tumbled to -6.4C.
The lowest temperature in Queensland on Monday was Oakey, 28km northwest of Toowoomba, falling to -2.1C. Oakey also recorded the state’s lowest temperature since 2019 when it fell to -4C on Friday.
