Parts of Queensland wake to coldest may morning in decades

Cold weather has arrived across the southern part of Queensland, with people in some centres waking up to temperatures at almost -3C.

It’s been a chilly start to day for many centres in Queensland, with the temperature in some centres dropping below zero. Picture: Keri Megelus

PARTS of Queensland have woken to one of the coldest May mornings in decades, with some centres dropping below zero, as the winter weather starts to take hold of the Sunshine state.

The Darling Downs and South Burnett regions woke to a frosty start, with Oakey at -2.3C degrees just after 6am, and Wellcamp recording -2.6 at around 5.45am.

At Kingaroy the temperature dropped to -2.4C.

Bundaberg recorded its coolest May morning since 1968, at 5.5C just before 5am, while Coolangatta recorded it’s coolest morning since 2004 at 3.6 degrees, and Nambour since 2006 at 5.7 degrees.

The coolest centre in Capricornia was Biloela, with 3.4C. It was 2.3C at Blackall, 2.9C at Urandangi and .5C at Roma.

The Bureau of Meteorology’s Adam Blazak said although Brisbane’s temperature was the coldest May morning this year, it wasn’t anything too out of the ordinary.

“It was a pretty normal May morning at 8.8 degrees recorded at the Brisbane Airport.” he said.

“The drop in humidity does make the temperature feel cooler, it makes it feel a bit cold on the skin.”