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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Henry Belot

Storms to lash eastern Australia on Good Friday as Melbourne set for coldest Easter Sunday in decades

man carries umbrella on melbourne street
Easter weather: Melbourne is predicted to only reach 14C on Eastern Sunday, as a cold front hits southern Australia. Photograph: Stefan Postles/AAP

Melbourne may endure the coldest Easter Sunday in almost 80 years, while severe thunderstorms and rain are forecast for all eastern states on Good Friday.

The Bureau of Meteorology’s senior forecaster Miriam Bradbury said Melbourne’s coldest Easter Sunday was recorded in 1924 when the temperature peaked at 13.4C.

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