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Brrrr! Must be miserable to have such cold weather when you’re not used to itSaturday 3rd of August 12.42a.m. A very cold nite, heavy dew, sunny and clear. 13 / 16.7kph NNE, Hg 51%, 15.5C / 60.3F top of 19C / 66F. Partly cloudy.
Moon is 2.0%
Australia shivers through June and July, so was the BOM's forecast of a warm winter wrong?
7 hours ago
By ABC meteorologist Tom Saunders
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The Bureau Of Meteorology's prediction of a mild winter doesn't tell the full story. (ABC News: Jack Grant, Adriane Reardon, Maren Preuss)
The word on the street seems unanimous — it feels like one of the coldest winters in living memory.
This frigid impression is supported by reports of icy morning windscreens in our largest cities, snow across the ranges, and frozen lakes in Tasmania.
Temperatures have dropped so low in Melbourne, the city's 5 million residents have collectively shivered through their coldest June and July in nearly three decades.