Australia shivers through the coldest morning of the year as snow falls near Sydney and Melbourne and icy polar blast brings temperatures of -6.1C – here’s the forecast near you
- Australians woke up on Wednesday to the coldest temperatures of the year
- Snow fell overnight in Victoria’s Alpine region and in NSW’s Central Tablelands
- Warnings in place for parts of NSW and VIC, with winds reaching up to 100km/h
- Meanwhile, widespread rainfall is pushing across inland NT and SA from WA
Winter has officially started as an icy blast sweeps across larges swathes of Australia, bringing chilly temperatures, snow, and bitter winds.
Parts of Australia woke up to the coldest temperatures of the year on Wednesday as the nation’s southeast corner is battered by freezing conditions.
Snow fell overnight near Melbourne and Sydney as residents in both capital city brace to shiver through high-speed winds on Wednesday.
Victoria’s alpine region and NSW’s Central Tablelands to the west of Sydney both copped heavy snow, with residents in Blayney, Bathurst, Oberon and west of Lithgow all reporting falls.
Melbourne Airport recorded a low of 4.4C just after midnight, while Ferny Creek, in the Dandenong Ranges, plunged to 1.8C.
Sydneysiders have woken to the coldest day of the year with temperatures set to only reach a top of 15C on Wednesday
In Falls Creek, the mercury was hovering at -6.1C this morning after 22cm of snow covered the ground over the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, temperatures across the Sydney Basin set to drop to a low of 6C and top of 15C as winds reach up to 90km/h on Wednesday.
Oberon, which is expected to see more snow fall above 700metres on Wednesday, will only hit a maximum 3C with a minimum of -1.
Severe weather warnings are in place for Australia’s southeast, with damaging wind gusts expected on the east of the Great Dividing Range in NSW and across Victoria’s southeast.
In South AustralIa, 107 km/h wind gust was recorded at Cape Otway at 3.22am, while 80 km/h gusts were clocked over Port Phillip between 6.30am and 7am.
Meanwhile, widespread showers are pushing across Western Australia’s Pilbara region, with the unseasonal rain, cloud and cold conditions extending into inland Northern Territory and South Australia.
Wednesday marks the third day wind warnings have been in place across NSW, with gusts reaching speeds more than 100km/h in parts of the state.
Temperatures are set to be icy in Western Sydney as well, where Liverpool, Richmond and Campbelltown are all facing a cool top of 14C.
On Monday night, winds hit 148km/h on Lord Howe Island, 128km/h in Murrurundi and 109km/h in Scone.
Despite feeling extreme, experts say the chilly weather is not unusual for this time of year but has come as a shock due to the unseasonably warm and wet conditions in recent weeks.
Snow fell over the Central Tablelands, west of Sydney, overnight. Pictured: Oberon
Wind warnings are in place across Australia’s south east, with gusts expected to hit 90km/h in some areas
Widespread rain is pouring across WA’s Pilbara region and pushing inland into NT and SA
Instead, of gradually acclimatising to the temperature, the abrupt change has given the illusion the weather is much colder.
Temperatures dropped to three to six degrees below the May average across the nation’s south-east on Tuesday as the southern hemisphere waved goodbye to Autumn.
However, meteorologist Helen Reid, from the Bureau of Meteorology, says it is normal for temperatures to dive around this time of year.
‘We always have some beautiful falls of snow in NSW and Victoria in late May, and then by the time the ski season opens in June all the snow’s gone again,’ she told the Sydney Morning Herald.
‘So there are cold periods at the end of May quite regularly.’
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