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ABC meteorologist Tom Saunders

Australia's average temperatures plummet in May as Sydney experiences coldest nights in 66 years

Snow covered the NSW ranges in early May. (Supplied: Cooma Visitor Centre)

More than 100 Australian weather stations have just registered their coldest May minimum temperatures on record. 

The frigid month brought frequent frost, extending as far north as tropical Queensland and the Northern Territory, along with several snowfalls on the south-east ranges.

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