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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam

Cold weather over Australia’s south-east to linger as high pressure nudges national records

Fog shrouds Flemington Road in Melbourne on Thursday morning
Fog shrouds Flemington Road in Melbourne on Thursday morning. Cold weather is forecast for coming days, the BoM says. Photograph: Diego Fedele/EPA

The frigid weather gripping parts of south-eastern Australia will linger into next week as a giant high pressure system dominates the region and nudges national records.

Melbourne’s overnight temperature dipped to 1.3C on Thursday after Wednesday morning’s 1C reading, making it the coldest couple of days for the Victorian capital in two years, according to Yoska Hernández, a Weatherzone meteorologist.

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