You thought Saturday morning was cold? Well, the mercury dipped even lower in Brisbane on Sunday, with the Bureau of Meteorology revealing it was the coldest morning for four years.
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For many other areas of the state, it was the coldest morning since Saturday, but the southern Queensland town of Roma, about 450 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, shivered through its lowest temperature since 1997 with a morning low of -5.3 degrees.
Brisbane Airport dipped to 4.2 degrees on Sunday and the city dropped to 5.2 at 6.36am — 1.5 degrees cooler than the Saturday morning low.
BoM meteorologist Gordon Banks said it was the coldest morning in the River City since July 12, 2014 when a morning minimum of 2.6 degrees was recorded.
Wellcamp Airport, in the Toowoomba region, shivered through a low of -6.2 degrees, nearby Oakey recorded -5.2 and Applethorpe, near the state border, dipped to -5.
"At the moment, we’ve got a combination of dry air, little wind and clear skies over us, which are the perfect conditions for cold temperatures overnight," Mr Banks said.
"During the next few days, a bit of moisture is forecast to creep back closer to the coast.
"Brisbane is expecting minimums of 7-9 degrees next week with maximums in the low 20s. Dry air is coming through next weekend so we are in for a repeat of the cold temperatures after that.
"There will be no change in inland parts of the state during the week, but we may see a cloud increase and light showers through southern interior on Thursday.
"The cloud later in the week may see morning temperatures increase a little bit, but for the rest of the week, we will see some areas of sub-zero temperatures in the southern interior."
