Cold snap record broken in major Aussie city

Aussies woke up shivering across much of the southeast on Monday morning, with the Bureau of Meteorology heralding a new record low temperature for Canberra.

Temperatures at Canberra airport hit -6.9 C on Mondsy morning, the coldest it has ever been in the nation’s capital for the month of September.

The previous record low was -6.8C, recorded in 2012.

It was also a very sharp morning in Sydney, with the observatory recording a low of 6.6C.

The record low for the site is 4.9C, recorded in 1945.

Campbelltown, in the outer metro area, recorded a low of 0.5C.

Bureau meteorologist Jiwon Park told NewsWire that Monday’s shivery conditions were the flow-on effects from two cold snaps that had hit the southeast late last week and over the weekend.

“We had a series of cold fronts that moved across the state, the first was on Thursday and then the second one was over the weekend,” he said.

“The weekend one was stronger than the previous one and brought a major cold snap.

“It brought snow to the low levels of southern NSW, places like Jindabyne and the higher peaks of the ACT as well.

“This cold front has moved offshore into the Tasman, while we are seeing a strong high pressure system.

“The wind has disappeared but we are left with a dry and cold air mass and this high pressure system to the west also promoted clear skies and that produced radiation cooling overnight.”

Mr Park said the cold would gradually ease from tomorrow onwards.

“Today will be the coldest morning because the cold snap has already happened and over the coming days we expect gradual recuperation, both in terms of min and max temperatures,” he said.

On Thursday, Canberra can expect a minimum of 6C and a maximum of 18, according to the bureau, while Sydney will likely experience a temperature range of 14-27C.

Mr Park warned that windy conditions would likely hit parts of the southeast mid week.

Other parts of the country also experience some cold weather on Monday morning, with Hobart recording temperatures of seven degrees, according to Weatherzone, and Melbourne shivering through a cool eight degrees.

But like NSW and the ACT, most of the country will warm up across the week to shake off the sharper cold.

On Thursday, Adelaide will move between 10 and 17 degrees, according to BOM forecasts, while Brisbane will range between 13 and 30.

Melbourne will likely move between 10 and 16, while Perth will likely go from 11 to 23.

But Hobart will likely continue to suffer sharp mornings, with temperatures between five and 13 on Thursday and seven and 15 on Friday.