Record Cold temps in Australia

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Smashing previous records

With 8 degrees C, Shepparton reported its coldest June max temperature on record on Sunday, as did Yarrawonga, with 7.7 degrees, and Kilmore with 4.6 degrees.

Mildura, usually one of the warmest parts of Victoria, had its coldest day since 1989 with a max of 9.1 degrees, and its coldest June day since 1973.

Max temperatures in Yarrawonga and Shepparton are expected to be only slightly warmer on Monday, both with a forecast top of 10 degrees, while Mildura will climb to just 14 degrees.

Melbourne on Sunday reached a top of 11.1 degrees, which is below the city’s June average maximum temperature of 14.1 degrees. The nighttime temperature dropped to 3.3 degrees, well below the June average minimum of 6.9 degrees.

Bureau senior forecaster Keris Arndt said the 3.3 degrees “is significantly below average.”

The mercury is set to plunge again on Sunday night.

Melbourne weather: Temperatures plunge across state, with record lows in some towns

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Canberrans still wringing themselves out from the wettest June on record shouldn't put away their gumboots just yet.

After the deluge swept in by the massive east coast low helped to smash a rain record that's stood in the ACT for half a century, more of the wet stuff is expected in the capital from Tuesday.

The Canberra Airport weather station recorded 144 millimetres in June, 18 millimetres more than the previous record in June 1956.


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