{"id":16449,"date":"2026-07-25T05:24:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T00:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16449"},"modified":"2026-07-25T05:24:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T00:24:39","slug":"freezing-temperatures-engulf-large-parts-of-australia-as-cold-snap-passes-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16449","title":{"rendered":"Freezing temperatures engulf large parts of Australia as cold snap passes through"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"ArticleContent\">\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Millions of Aussies are keeping cozy as a cold snap gives Sydney and surrounds the coldest morning of the year so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">At 7am on Saturday Sydney\u2019s Observatory Hill weather station measured a temperature of 6C, and other parts of NSW have recorded below-freezing temperatures, with Glen Innes in the New England recording -9.1C early on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"css-kn3rvr-StyledPNFigure eq8qgnw2\"><picture class=\"eq8qgnw1 image css-1kwj8bl-PictureWithIntrinsicRatio-StyledPNArticleImage eosncpx0\"><source data-ratio=\"16:9\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/81bc5c92347c48bbb2afd11a462c6f42caa7f915.jpg?imwidth=100&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 100w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/81bc5c92347c48bbb2afd11a462c6f42caa7f915.jpg?imwidth=150&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 150w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/81bc5c92347c48bbb2afd11a462c6f42caa7f915.jpg?imwidth=250&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 250w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/81bc5c92347c48bbb2afd11a462c6f42caa7f915.jpg?imwidth=320&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 320w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/81bc5c92347c48bbb2afd11a462c6f42caa7f915.jpg?imwidth=414&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 414w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/81bc5c92347c48bbb2afd11a462c6f42caa7f915.jpg?imwidth=500&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 500w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/81bc5c92347c48bbb2afd11a462c6f42caa7f915.jpg?imwidth=640&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 640w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/81bc5c92347c48bbb2afd11a462c6f42caa7f915.jpg?imwidth=828&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 828w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/81bc5c92347c48bbb2afd11a462c6f42caa7f915.jpg?imwidth=1024&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 1024w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/81bc5c92347c48bbb2afd11a462c6f42caa7f915.jpg?imwidth=2048&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 668px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/81bc5c92347c48bbb2afd11a462c6f42caa7f915.jpg?imwidth=668&amp;impolicy=pn_v3\" alt=\"Parts of Victoria have experienced solid alpine snowfall over the last couple of days. Picture: BOM\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"eixham80 figcaption css-mcrbmm-StyledPNCaption-StyledPNFigcaption eixham85\"><default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"eixham82 css-1fi3k2d-StyledPNCameraIcon-StyledIconPNImage e1oq86r40\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><default:title>Camera Icon<\/default:title><default:path d=\"M23 19C23 19.5304 22.7893 20.0391 22.4142 20.4142C22.0391 20.7893 21.5304 21 21 21H3C2.46957 21 1.96086 20.7893 1.58579 20.4142C1.21071 20.0391 1 19.5304 1 19V8C1 7.46957 1.21071 6.96086 1.58579 6.58579C1.96086 6.21071 2.46957 6 3 6H7L9 3H15L17 6H21C21.5304 6 22.0391 6.21071 22.4142 6.58579C22.7893 6.96086 23 7.46957 23 8V19Z\" stroke=\"#666869\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><default:path d=\"M12 17C14.2091 17 16 15.2091 16 13C16 10.7909 14.2091 9 12 9C9.79086 9 8 10.7909 8 13C8 15.2091 9.79086 17 12 17Z\" stroke=\"#666869\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/default:svg><span class=\"css-15pqx16-StyledPNFigCaptionText eixham84\"><span class=\"css-1drr6t0-PNCaption eixham83\">Parts of Victoria have experienced solid alpine snowfall over the last couple of days. BOM<\/span><span> Credit: <!-- -->Supplied<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Canberra also got off to an icy cold morning, recording -2C at 8am on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Angus Hines said a \u201cgood round of wintry weather\u201d was being felt primarily in Tasmania, Victoria, Southern NSW and parts of South Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThe cold front brought a good bit of snow down in Tassie, with 20-30 centimetres in the mountains, but also some flurries over the mainland in alpine Victoria and NSW, about 5 centimetres,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThat weather system has since cleared away from the country and moved out into the Tasman, but it\u2019s left a fairly chilly wind stream in its wake, so we still got some pretty cool temperatures through Friday and into (Saturday) morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"css-kn3rvr-StyledPNFigure eq8qgnw2\"><picture class=\"eq8qgnw1 image css-1kwj8bl-PictureWithIntrinsicRatio-StyledPNArticleImage eosncpx0\"><source data-ratio=\"16:9\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/65bda13a19dbdea63b47d671b9a5c5bf41eaca46.jpg?imwidth=100&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 100w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/65bda13a19dbdea63b47d671b9a5c5bf41eaca46.jpg?imwidth=150&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 150w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/65bda13a19dbdea63b47d671b9a5c5bf41eaca46.jpg?imwidth=250&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 250w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/65bda13a19dbdea63b47d671b9a5c5bf41eaca46.jpg?imwidth=320&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 320w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/65bda13a19dbdea63b47d671b9a5c5bf41eaca46.jpg?imwidth=414&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 414w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/65bda13a19dbdea63b47d671b9a5c5bf41eaca46.jpg?imwidth=500&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 500w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/65bda13a19dbdea63b47d671b9a5c5bf41eaca46.jpg?imwidth=640&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 640w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/65bda13a19dbdea63b47d671b9a5c5bf41eaca46.jpg?imwidth=828&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 828w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/65bda13a19dbdea63b47d671b9a5c5bf41eaca46.jpg?imwidth=1024&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 1024w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/65bda13a19dbdea63b47d671b9a5c5bf41eaca46.jpg?imwidth=2048&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 668px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/65bda13a19dbdea63b47d671b9a5c5bf41eaca46.jpg?imwidth=668&amp;impolicy=pn_v3\" alt=\"Inland parts of NSW have experienced an icy cold Saturday morning. 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BOM<\/span><span> Credit: <!-- -->Supplied<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Mr Hines said while there would be no records broken, temperatures across the country are \u201ctrending on the cooler side of average\u201d for this part of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWe\u2019ve seen that cold air spread across the country, so we\u2019ll be seeing below average temperatures across the majority of Australia over the next couple of days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cCertainly nothing which looks to be record setting, but definitely some pretty cool weather which will continue that trend of late July feeling quite a lot more wintry for most of southern Australia than we experienced through June.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"css-kn3rvr-StyledPNFigure eq8qgnw2\"><picture class=\"eq8qgnw1 image css-1kwj8bl-PictureWithIntrinsicRatio-StyledPNArticleImage eosncpx0\"><source data-ratio=\"16:9\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/585d2cd63375b774b6b9180a5cadb5d1e9894f0a.jpg?imwidth=100&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 100w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/585d2cd63375b774b6b9180a5cadb5d1e9894f0a.jpg?imwidth=150&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 150w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/585d2cd63375b774b6b9180a5cadb5d1e9894f0a.jpg?imwidth=250&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 250w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/585d2cd63375b774b6b9180a5cadb5d1e9894f0a.jpg?imwidth=320&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 320w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/585d2cd63375b774b6b9180a5cadb5d1e9894f0a.jpg?imwidth=414&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 414w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/585d2cd63375b774b6b9180a5cadb5d1e9894f0a.jpg?imwidth=500&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 500w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/585d2cd63375b774b6b9180a5cadb5d1e9894f0a.jpg?imwidth=640&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 640w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/585d2cd63375b774b6b9180a5cadb5d1e9894f0a.jpg?imwidth=828&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 828w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/585d2cd63375b774b6b9180a5cadb5d1e9894f0a.jpg?imwidth=1024&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 1024w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/585d2cd63375b774b6b9180a5cadb5d1e9894f0a.jpg?imwidth=2048&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 668px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22626976\/585d2cd63375b774b6b9180a5cadb5d1e9894f0a.jpg?imwidth=668&amp;impolicy=pn_v3\" alt=\"A cold snap has brought frosty temperatures to large parts of Australia, from the west to the east. Picture: BOM\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"eixham80 figcaption css-mcrbmm-StyledPNCaption-StyledPNFigcaption eixham85\"><default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"eixham82 css-1fi3k2d-StyledPNCameraIcon-StyledIconPNImage e1oq86r40\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><default:title>Camera Icon<\/default:title><default:path d=\"M23 19C23 19.5304 22.7893 20.0391 22.4142 20.4142C22.0391 20.7893 21.5304 21 21 21H3C2.46957 21 1.96086 20.7893 1.58579 20.4142C1.21071 20.0391 1 19.5304 1 19V8C1 7.46957 1.21071 6.96086 1.58579 6.58579C1.96086 6.21071 2.46957 6 3 6H7L9 3H15L17 6H21C21.5304 6 22.0391 6.21071 22.4142 6.58579C22.7893 6.96086 23 7.46957 23 8V19Z\" stroke=\"#666869\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><default:path d=\"M12 17C14.2091 17 16 15.2091 16 13C16 10.7909 14.2091 9 12 9C9.79086 9 8 10.7909 8 13C8 15.2091 9.79086 17 12 17Z\" stroke=\"#666869\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/default:svg><span class=\"css-15pqx16-StyledPNFigCaptionText eixham84\"><span class=\"css-1drr6t0-PNCaption eixham83\">A cold snap has brought frosty temperatures to large parts of Australia, from the west to the east. BOM<\/span><span> Credit: <!-- -->Supplied<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Sydney got off to a cold start on Saturday but will reach a high of 20C in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Melbourne is expecting showers, and will experience a max temp of 15C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Brisbane got off to a chilly start with a low of 8C but is expected to reach a pleasant, sunny 22C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Heading down to Hobart, short, isolated showers are expected and a cool max temperature of 13C is on the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Adelaide will take on some rain and reach a max temp of 16C, and heading further west to Perth, locals can expect a nice sunny day which began with a bit of a chill but will warm up nicely to 21C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Up in the tropics, Darwin woke up to a warm 21C morning and will expect a max of 32C.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of Aussies are keeping cozy as a cold snap gives Sydney and surrounds the coldest morning of the year so far. 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