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Tough conditions for getting out of bed this morning

Joel Pippard, Sunday July 2, 2017 - 10:05 AEST

Locations across southeastern Australia have woken up to another freezing cold morning, breaking records across Victoria and New South Wales.

Bairnsdale (-5.4C), Latrobe Valley Airport (-4.4C) and Viewbank (-2.8C) have all froze through their coldest morning in 38, 34 and 19 years of records respectively.

Across the border, Canberra recorded its coldest pair of mornings since 1971 with -8.7 degrees on Saturday and -8.2 degrees on Sunday. Nearby Goulburn saw its third coldest minimum on record with a mind-numbing -10.4 degrees on Sunday. This was a substantial 11 degrees below the average July temperature of 0.5C.

Throughout NSW and VIC, 24 locations had their coldest July morning on either Saturday or Sunday in at least 10 years. Most notably Deniliquin saw its coldest morning in 110 years with the mercury plummeting down to -5.6C on Saturday.

As a cold front starts to sweep across VIC this evening, overnight temperatures will be warmer than this weekend, due to increased winds. However, much of NSW will only be a few degrees warmer. Might be worth leaving your extra blanket on your bed for the start of the working week.

- Weatherzone

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