If you woke up this morning, put on a singlet and shorts, and went running, I hope you ran back to your bedroom! Parts of SEQ shivered through their coldest morning of 2024!
A large, slow-moving low in the Tasman Sea, combined with a high-pressure system over inland Australia, helped filter frigid air north across the region overnight.
BoM live observations at 6:41am Monday morning. Image via WeatherWatch MetCentre.
Brisbane dropped to a chilly 6.3°C just after 6:30am this morning, making it the coldest morning for 2024 and the coldest morning since August 2022. Across at the Brisbane Airport, it dropped to just 2.7°C, marking the airport's coldest morning since falling to 2.6°C in July 2014!
Many other towns also woke up to their coldest morning for 2024 and, in some instances, the coldest for many years.
- Canungra dropped to -2.3
- Amberley -1.7° (coldest morning in 4 years)
- Sunshine Coast 1.6° (coldest morning in 6 years)
- Dalby -4.0°C (coldest morning in 5 years)
A similar pattern is expected over the coming days; however, winds will swing a little more southerly, helping to increase the overnight minimums by one or two degrees.
MetGraph for Brisbane this week. A gradual increase in minimum temperatures is expected. Image via MetCentre.