Subzero temperatures across Southern Qld as cold front arrives

A brutal cold front is blasting across southern Queensland with subzero temperatures and widespread frost.

Temperatures have plunged as a cold frost pushes across southern Queensland. Picture: MetCentre

It’s a chilly start to the Queensland school term, with parts of the Darling Downs, Wide Bay and southeast plunging below zero on Monday morning.

Gatton shivered through its coldest morning of the year, dropping to 0.9C, around 5C below average.

Brisbane, Oakey, Amberley and Beaudesert also recorded their coldest mornings since mid-June.

Oakey shivered through the coldest conditions, recording -3.7C at 6.4830am, with the apparent temperature feeling more like -7.1C.

Kingaroy dropped to -2.2C just after 6.30, feeling closer to -4.3C, while Wellcamp Airport recorded -2.4C at 4.42am, but with apparent temperatures as low as -5.5C.

A Bureau of Meteorology spokesman said the below average temperatures were driven by a trough and a cold front passing south over New South Wales, with fresh westerly winds extending across southeast Queensland.

Dalby fell to -1.5C, with the apparent temperature hitting -4.3C at its coldest point around 4am.

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Brisbane saw slightly milder conditions, dipping to 6.3C at 5.30am, with a “feels like” temperature of 5.3C.

Beaudesert and Amberley both dropped to 0.5C shortly after 6am, feeling more like -1.5C and -2.6C respectively.

Redcliffe recorded 8.9C at 5.30am but felt more like 6.1C, while the Gold Coast reached 11.3C at 6m, dropping to a “feels like” temperature of 7.8C by 7.30am.

Originally published as Subzero temperatures across Southern Qld as cold front arrives