It is feeling like a very long winter in southern Queensland, where Arctic-like temperatures just will not go away.
Just when it felt like the last cold snap had ended, another one is gripping the state's south again, with the Darling Downs and south-west shivering through below-average temperatures.
Wellcamp, just outside Toowoomba, was the coldest place in Queensland this morning, dropping to minus 2.7 degrees Celsius, three degrees below the minimum average for the area.
It was a frosty start to the morning in Warwick too, reaching -2C, while Stanthorpe recorded -2.2C and Oakey was -1.9C.
Chilly out west
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Brooke Pagel said sunny but frosty mornings would linger for the rest of the week.
"So, unfortunately over the next couple of days at least, you will see those morning temperatures between about 0C and 3C," she said.
"We do have though south to south-westerly [winds] still sticking around so that we've got gusts up to about 20 kilometres per hour in those ones.
"Light winds during the morning and then it will get that real gusty in the middle of the day, becoming light in the afternoon."
Further south-west, Roma dipped five degrees below average to -1.6 degrees.
"It will be just as cold, if not colder, tomorrow so it's a definite cold snap," BOM forecaster Shane Kennedy said.
"But we will see those daytime temps warming back up just a little bit more between about 17 to 20 degrees."
Charleville was also three degrees below its July average at 1.2 degrees.
"Charleville had a minimum of two yesterday, while their average is about five degrees, so a little bit below average for them, but their maximum temperatures are around average up going into the next couple of days,' Ms Pagel said.
"Again, they are going to get some morning frost and we're looking at minimum temperatures between about one and three degrees for Friday."
In Warwick, on Queensland's Southern Downs, residents have not stopped rugging themselves up, while the trees, buildings and even park benches are also covered in winter woollies.
Winter cash injection
The Jumpers & Jazz festival has kicked off in town, where buildings and trees lining the main street have been yarn bombed in knitted covers to celebrate the quirky event.
Tourists are making the most of their perfect winter escape.
Phil Jauncy from Brisbane passed through yesterday in his warmest attire to check out the tree dressing competition.
"We thought we'd come and look at all the lovely woollen and knitted things that they've done; it's just absolutely fantastic," he said.
"The cold gets to me, but I have a nice jacket on, and I just love the civic pride; people doing their best makes it really great for the city to see."
Mayor Vic Pennisi said it may be the coldest place in Queensland most of the time, but the atmosphere could only be described as warm.
'It's the coldest climate in Queensland, with the warmest people," he said.
Thousands of winter tourists are expected to come through this weekend.
"It'd be a huge boost to the economy. I couldn't put it into monetary value, but I'm sure there'll be a number from that," Ms Pennisi said.
"If you came here on Sunday in particular, the street was just packed, absolutely packed,"
"The [financial] injection will be huge."
More frost expected
Coming into the weekend, there is more morning frost expected in the Darling and Southern Downs.
"And then Saturday we are looking at overnight temperatures falling down to about one to four degrees, with daytime temperatures reaching around 20 degrees," Ms Pagel said.
She expects the cold snap to ease later on Sunday, when it "will be a bit warmer overnight".
"Overnight temperatures falling to around four degrees and maximum temps looking to be between about 17 and 20 degrees with that lower end of the scale being Stanthorpe and then that 20 being a little bit more out west with Goondiwindi."
