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Freezing cold weather refusing to go away as winter records tumble and Queensland town braces for a brutal MINUS five degree day
- Southeastern Australia will shiver through chilly week with temps below average
- Melbourne will see its coldest day of the week on Tuesday as cold front moves
- Sydney, Brisbane and Melb seeing lowest temps for this time of year in decades
- Rainfall is also set to batter parts of the southeast including Adelaide and Vic
Australians have woken up to yet another freezing morning as the country’s southeast battles through chilly temperatures.
Records are also expected to tumble as a number of Australia’s capital cities shiver through their coldest start to winter in decades, with a massive polar surge forcing temperatures to plunge several degrees below the June average.
Melbourne will suffer through its coldest day of the week on Tuesday with temperatures reaching a high of 11C.
Sydney will reach a top of 15C after the harbour city was battered by strong wind gusts on Monday, while up north, Brisbane will see a maximum of 19C.
The miserable conditions are a result of a cold front moving upwards from South Australia, with parts of the country’s southeast already seeing fresh dumps of snow.
Parts of typically mild Queensland will also be hit hard.
In Toowoomba, an hour-and-a-half west of Brisbane, the apparent temperature is set to plummet to as low as -5.4C on Thursday morning according to Weatherzone, with southern parts of Queensland to also suffer through the chilly weather.
Australians have woken up to yet another freezing morning as the country’s southeast battles through an icy blast
Multiple capital cities are set to shiver through their coldest week in decades for this early on in the winter season, as temperatures plunge several degrees below the June average
In Tasmania those living in Launceston woke to an unbearable -1.6C this morning.
This week, Sydneysiders will see the coldest run of days this early on in winter since 1989, according to Weatherzone.
In Melbourne, the city will see its coldest week for this time in June since 1982, while Brisbane hasn’t seen a week this cold this early on in winter since 1904.
Weatherzone forecaster Chris Matthews said Sydneysiders were in for a cold week with the highest temperature forecast at 17C.
‘This week will feel much colder because of the wind chill factor,’ he earlier told Daily Mail Australia.
Parts of Australia’s southeast have already copped fresh dumps of snow
One Blayney resident in central west NSW is seen holding a pile of snow this week
The Bureau of Meteorology said the cold front was moving north into NSW on Tuesday and into central and inland Queensland by Wednesday.
The icy blast is set to reach the Top End by Thursday.
On top of the freezing air, parts of NSW, Victoria, the ACT and SA will also be hammered with rainfall over the next few days.
Adelaide has a high chance of showers over the next few days but is expected to dry up by Sunday.
Storms are also on the forecast for Melbourne, while Sydney will have a dry week.
In parts of the south western slopes and Riverina in NSW, thunderstorms are likely.
Hobart will reach a top of just 8C on Tuesday with heavy rainfall forecast.
The Bureau of Meteorology said the cold front will move north into NSW on Tuesday and into central and inland Queensland by Wednesday (pictured in Blayney, NSW)
Canberrans will also shiver through the week with a minimum of -1C on Thursday morning.
Perth will see a warm and sunny day on Tuesday but will then be battered by rain into the weekend.
Darwin will escape both the cold and the bad weather with tops of 34C on Tuesday and a dry and sunny day.
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