Canberra looks likely to have a record-breaking cold spell.
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Until now, there have never been three straight days recorded of daily temperatures never getting above 14 degrees in November - but Monday is the third in a row when that is likely to happen.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, Saturday's maximum was 13.4 and Sunday's was 14 but Monday is forecast to go no higher than 12.
In other words, Canberra hasn't gone above 14 on any day of the three, and that has never been recorded before for November.
Tomorrow is forecast to see a maximum of 17, so breaking the run of coldness on one measure - but there is also a forecast of frost at the minimum temperature boundary.
Apart from cold, wind has been a problem.
There were 35 reports of fallen trees and branches to the emergency services over the weekend.
High winds and heavy rain made driving and walking hazardous, though the Emergency Services Agency said there were no reports of trees and branches hitting people or vehicles.
At Perisher, winds reached 97 kilometres per hour on Sunday morning.
The Bureau of Meteorology warned that more unpleasant weather was in store for Canberra, including frost on Tuesday morning.
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The worst of the rain happened on Friday and Saturday and the chance of rain is far less today and even less on Tuesday, but temperatures are low for the time of year, and feel lower because of the wind.
The Bureau was warning farmers that the cold weather posed a danger to stock: "There is a risk of losses of lambs and sheep exposed to these conditions."
But by the end of the week, warmth should return.
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