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Queenslanders are in for more cold weather as minimum temperatures across the state remain below average on Wednesday.

Bureau of Meteorology's (BOM) Daniel Hayes said the cooler weather would continue for the rest of the week because of a low-pressure system in the Tasman Sea and a high-pressure system pushing cool air into Queensland.

It comes as Roma Airport recorded the coldest temperature in the country on Tuesday, alongside Mount Ginini — about 75km south-west of Canberra — with the minimum temperature reaching -3.6 degrees Celsius.

Mr Hayes said while the Cairns region continued to record temperatures slightly above average, the rest of the state would experience "quite significantly below average" temperatures. 

He said frost would also be patchy on the Darling Downs and the Granite Belt.

Wellcamp Airport, near Toowoomba, recorded -2.4 degrees at 6am on Wednesday, Dalby experienced -1.7 degrees while Charleville woke up to -0.3 degrees. 

Cool temperatures to remain

Charleville's temperature will start at 0 degrees, Dalby is forecast to hit a minimum of 3 degrees, and Warwick and Stanthorpe can expect a low of 4 degrees on Wednesday.

"We're still looking and seeing some of those minimum temperatures, particularly just that little bit further west through the inland parts, and the Darling Downs will be cool," Mr Hayes said.

"It's largely going to be a fairly stable situation through to about the end of the week when things start to warm a little.

"But even then, as it starts to warm, it's going to be a fairly gradual warming. 

"We're not looking at anything significant."

Mr Hayes said the south-east would continue to endure cooler weather, with Brisbane set to hit a low of 9 degrees and a top of 19 degrees on Wednesday.

Further north, temperatures remain in the mid to late 20s, with Townsville forecast to hit a top of 26 degrees and Cairns hitting a maximum of 27 degrees.

Mount Isa is forecast to have a chilly start to the day with minimum temperatures set at 2 degrees, but a top of 21 degrees is expected.