(DIR) Home
        
        
       Tasmania records lowest July temperature on record
        
 (HTM) Source
        
       ----------------------------------------------------------------------
        
       A weather station in Tasmania recorded its lowest-ever July
       temperature as high pressure builds over the state.
        
       A weather station at Liawenee registered a minimum temperature of
       -12.9 degrees shortly after 6am AEST on Wednesday, according to
       Weatherzone.
        
       "A very cold and dry air mass, combined with clear skies and calm
       winds beneath a strengthening high pressure system, caused
       temperatures to plummet across Tasmania on Tuesday night,"
       meteorologist Ben Domensino said.
        
       Tasmanians have shivered through a chilly day as high pressure built
       over the state. (Weatherzone)
        
       "This was Tasmania's lowest July temperature on record, beating the
       previous record of -12.5 degrees from Butlers Gorge on July 1, 1983.
        
       "Launceston's low of -3.1° degrees on Wednesday was also its coldest
       July morning in seven years.
        
       Meanwhile residents in outer Melbourne woke up their coldest morning
       of the year so far, with a forecast minimum of zero degrees.
        
       While the mercury in the centre of the city struggled to just over 1
       degree, in western and southwestern suburbs it was freezing.
        
       The cold air mass parked south of mainland Australia is causing clear
       skies and very low overnight temperatures. (Weatherzone)
        
       Elsewhere in Victoria, temperatures in Horsham, Bendigo, Ballarat,
       Geelong and the Mornington Peninsula dropped to between -1 degrees and
       -3 degrees.
        
       Residents in Tasmania, South Australia and southern Western Australia
       also felt the chill early today, with the mercury stuck at single
       digits and widespread frost, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
        
       Melbourne could be in for a week-long run of mornings at or below 5
       degrees.
        
       Melbourne is heading for a week-long run of chilly mornings. (Photo by
       Daniel Pockett/Getty Images) (Getty)
        
       If this were to happen it would be the first time since June 2013, the
       coldest week in 11 years.
        
       The cold mornings are being caused by a combination of a cold air
       mass, clear skies, light winds and a strengthening high pressure
       system over southern Australia.
        
       This high pressure system will continue to cause bitterly cold
       temperatures across southeastern Australia over the next few mornings,
       forecasters say.
        
        ** _FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE_** ** _: Stay across all the latest in
       breaking news, celebrity and sport via our WhatsApp channel. No
       comments, no algorithm and nobody can see your private details._**
        
        
        
        
       ______________________________________________________________________
                                                 Served by Flask-Gopher/2.2.1