Aussie towns shiver through coldest morning in years as icy blast sweeps nation

When thinking of the Australian climate, 10 degrees below freezing doesn't exactly spring to mind, but that's exactly the reality some unlucky New South Wales residents faced today.

In the coldest morning the nation's seen this year, and the coldest July morning in decades, temperatures plummeted to -10 degrees in parts of NSW's Northern Tablelands.

Glenn Innes, in the state's north, clocked an excruciating -10.8 degrees early this morning, marking the lowest July temperature outside of the alpine regions since 2019.

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NSW residents weren't the only ones to cop the brunt of the icy blast, with Canberrans shivering through -5.9 degrees early today, parts of Victoria recording -5.5 and Tasmania copping a frosting -4.3 degrees.

"The clear skies that caused Thursday morning's frost will bring a mostly sunny day to large areas of NSW and Queensland, allowing fields, animals and humans to thaw out," Weatherzone said.

"Further south, a cold front will cause cloud, wind and showers to increase across southeastern Australia on Thursday, with severe weather warnings in place for parts of Tasmania and Victoria.

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"Looking ahead, Friday morning won't be as cold as Thursday morning for most of eastern and southeastern Australia, due to slightly stronger winds and an increase in atmospheric moisture and cloud cover."

Meanwhile, large parts of Victoria have been lashed by extreme winds in the last 24 hours, with the state's emergency service responding to over 60 calls for help.

A total of 39 trees were torn down, six buildings were damaged, five people had to be rescued in road incidents, with SES officers responding to an addition five more general calls for assistance.

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For parts of Central, North Central, North East, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland, a severe weather warning for dangerous winds remains in place.

Marine wind warnings are also currently set for parts of NSW, Tasmania, South Australia and the ACT.

A full list of weather warnings from the Bureau of Meteorology can be viewed here.

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