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Qld set to shiver as cold snap hits
Maximum temperatures may fall by 12 degrees below average as a pre-winter cold snap strikes Queensland.
May 21, 2020
Queenslanders are set to shiver as a wet pre-winter cold snap brings record-breaking chilly weather to much of the state.
Cool dry air, rainfall and thick cloud blanketing the interior and central coast means temperatures may plummet from Saturday, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
“It could see cooler daytime maximum temperatures up to 10 to 12 degrees below average across large parts of the state,” meteorologist Shane Kennedy said on Thursday.
“Temperature records may be broken.”
The cool weather is expected to persist into next week, with frost possible in the southern tropics on Sunday or Monday.
A cold weather warning has been issued for sheep graziers in the Darling Downs and Granite Belt from Thursday evening.
The cold wet weather could also affect cattle in the north and west of the state from Friday.
Rainfall of up to 30mm is expected in the north of state before the cloud band moves offshore on Sunday.