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The temperature dropped to an icy 1C at Kilcoy, north-west of Brisbane. - ABC
Brisbane has shivered through its coldest morning of the year with temperatures dropping to below zero in parts of southern Queensland.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said temperatures dropped to -4 degrees Celsius at Applethorpe, -3C at Kingaroy and Dalby, and -2C in Oakey.
Brisbane recorded its coldest morning of the year at 5:00am, getting down to 6.8C, but with an apparent temperature of 4.3C.
It was -3C in Beaudesert, 0C at Ipswich, and 3C at Coolangatta and the Sunshine Coast.
Senior BoM forecaster Brett Harrison said it was the start of a cold stretch.
"Today's day time temperatures will be particularly cold for the interior," he said.
"So we'll see places through the Channel Country, and Maranoa and Warrego districts looking at temperatures anywhere up to 10 degrees below average for this time of year.
"So it does look like they'll be approaching the records, so very cold for this time of year."
A high over southern Australia extended a cold, dry air mass into Queensland early this morning which is likely to continue throughout the day.
A rain band is expected in the southern interior and into the south-east on Monday, and most likely off the coast later that day.
"An even colder air mass will then extend into the state following the passage of this trough."
ABC