Weather update Australia: Things heat up – slightly

But it’s hardly going to be picnic weather. Sydney is set for a minimum temperature of 10 degrees, while Melbourne will go as low as nine degrees.

Residents of Brisbane (8), Perth (9), Adelaide (12), Hobart (8), and Canberra (4) will also need to dig out the winter woolies as the mercury plunges.

Darwin remains the warmest place in the country, with a minimum of 17 degrees predicted for today.

Weatherzone has predicated cooler temperatures again on Tuesday, but they won’t be as frosty as the weekend’s.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) confirmed yesterday morning Penrith, Bankstown and Tamworth saw their coldest May morning on record, with minimums of 0.6, 0.7 and -4.8 degrees respectively.

The chill was expected to stick around until Monday at the least.

The BoM also issued marine wind warnings for Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia as the system passes through.

The cold airmass, combined with clear skies and high pressure, caused the mercury to plummet on Saturday night.

So just how cold did it get in the capitals on Sunday?

The temperature dipped to a frosty -2 degrees in Canberra, while the majority of Sydney woke up to 7 degrees.

Brisbane recorded 8 degrees, Melbourne 10 degrees and Tasmania clocked in a minimum of 9 degrees.

In Perth the temperature dipped to a minimum of 5 degrees, while Adelaide clocked a minimum of 11C.

This is balmy in comparison to Saturday. 

May temperature records tumble

Temperature records tumbled on Saturday morning, with many capitals clocking their coldest May mornings in decades. 

By 5:30am on Saturday the temperature at Perth Airport had dropped to 1.1 degrees.

“(That’s) the coldest May morning the airport has experienced in 59 years,” Weathezone said.

“This is only 2.4 degrees warmer than Perth Airport’s record minimum of -1.3°C, which was set on 17 June 2006”.

Temperatures also plummeted in Sydney.

“Sydney’s Observatory Hill recorded a temperature of 6.9°C at 7:04am – its coldest May morning in 24 years,” the weather service said.

“Bega’s minimum temperature of -1.6°C made for its coldest May morning in 15 years.

“Not to be outdone, Camden and Tibooburra recorded their coldest May mornings in 12 years , with minimum recorded temperatures of -1.2°C and 3.8°C respectively.

“Additionally, multiple locations across QLD, NSW, WA, and the NT registered their coldest May mornings in 5 to 11 years.”

No end to cold in sight

Another cold front will approach Western Australia from Monday night.

Cloud cover associated with the front will result in warmer temperatures over the state, however Weatherzone said a different story may play out in the south=east.

“Another cold morning may be on the cards for the nation’s southeast,” it said.