
THE numbers are in and yes it was a cold start to the day. According to readings at Nobbys beach from Wednesday morning, it felt like the temperature had dropped below zero.
While the Bureau of Meteorology recorded an actual low of 4.6 degrees Celsius at 7am, the apparent temperature was a chilly minus 0.1. Further up the valley the mercury dropped to minus one in Maitland at 2am and minus five at 5.30am at Merriwa, in what was reportedly the coldest morning this year.