Parts of the country’s southern and eastern regions woke to subzero temperatures on Friday morning, with Brisbane dropping to 7.3C, its lowest temperature so far this year.
The mercury in parts of NSW dipped down to -4C – less than 2C off its lowest ever temperature, while Oakey, northwest of Toowoomba, dropped to -4C early this morning in conditions which felt like a horrifying -8.3C.
Parts of Queensland’s Darling Downs woke to a minimum temperature of -3.3C, which felt more like a freezing -5.8C, bringing an end to Queensland’s unseasonably warm weather which was running 4 to 6C above average earlier in the week.