Brr, feels like -6.7! Toowoomba shivers, waking to freezing temps

Temperatures in the Garden City have dropped to their lowest in more than a decade, as Toowoomba residents shiver through a cold snap.

Temperatures in the Garden City have dropped to their lowest in more than a decade, as residents shiver through a cold snap.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology Toowoomba’s highest temperature yesterday was 9.8 degrees at 3pm, but with winds of up to 54kmh the apparent temperature sat at just 1 degree.

The coldest it got was at 8.30am when the apparent temperature dropped to -5 degrees at 8.30am.

Richard Harris clears his head with a morning run on a chilly morning. Picture: Nev Madsen.

But today, at the BoM Wellcamp weather station temperatures have been in the negatives since 12.30am, with 5.30am bringing the lowest reading of -2.9 degrees with an apparent temperature of -6.7 degrees.

That is the lowest recording of the year for the Garden City, and well below last year’s coldest recorded day which got to -0.1 on July 5.

The Toowoomba weather station dropped to -1, making it the coldest morning since June 11, 2009, and the coldest July morning since July 19, 2004.

BoM meteorologist Rosa Hoff said much of Queensland was shivering through a cold snap.

Cyclists out for an early ride near Queens Park. Picture: Nev Madsen.

“We’re likely to see widespread frost through the southern, eastern and central parts of Queensland,” she said.

The cold weather is being caused by a large high over southeastern Australia extending a ridge across the state.

The high is combining with a low in the southern Tasman Sea, enhancing winds about the southeast and directing another burst of cool and dry air across much of the state.

Avid photographer Peter McAuliffe snaps the frosty conditions in East Creek Park. Picture: Nev Madsen.

Winds have eased today and will continue to do so as the high moves across into the Tasman Sea, taking with it the mercury-plummeting temperatures.

Tomorrow temperatures range from 5 to 15 degrees with a 70% chance of up to 8mm falling across the Garden City.