MSN reports on a cold snap in June that set many records throughout the area, which was previously unreported here on Cold Weather Report:
If you’re in eastern Australia, it’s been pretty hard to avoid small talk about the cold this past week.
Large parts of the country faced their coldest morning of the year so far, as the clear skies and icy air caused the mercury to plummet, with several June records being set across Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania.
The article goes on to list several towns with new records:
- Longerenong, Victoria. Maximum of 7.9C on Friday 14th June — coldest day in 27 years
- Nhill, Victoria. Maximum of 8.3C on Friday 14th June – coldest day in 22 years
- Keith, South Australia. Maximum of 8.9C on Friday 14th June– coldest day in 18 years
- Westmere, Victoria. Minimum of -5.7C on Wednesday 19th — coldest temperature on record (data to 2006)
- Strathbogie, Victoria. Minimum of -6.6C on Wednesday 19th — coldest morning in 18 years
- Mortlake, Victoria. Minimum -3.5C on Wednesday 19th — coldest morning in 18 years
- Strahan, Tasmania. Minimum -2.9C on Thursday 20th — coldest morning in 41 years