Perth wakes up to coldest morning in 15 years as temperature dips to 0.3C
The Perth metro station, based in Mt Lawley, recorded 0.3 degrees Celsius at 6.55am — the lowest minimum since July 2010.
The coldest July morning in the Perth metro was on the 3rd of the month in 2010, when it dropped to 0C, while the lowest temperature overall was -0.7C on June 17, 2006.
It dipped to freezing temperatures around the city with Jandakot recording -1.3C, Perth airport and Swan Valley -0.8C and Pearce -0.3C
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) senior meteorologist Jessica Lingard told ABC Radio Perth the chill was caused by a pool of cold air in the wake of a storm system which produced rainfall and a tornado on Wednesday night.
"We've had a bit of cloud cover with that cold front coming through, we had all that cold air that we experienced yesterday, and overnight the clouds have cleared away," she said.
"So it is all the recipe ingredients that we need for a nice chilly morning and a bit of fog as well."
Ms Lingard said the coldest spot in the state was Gingin with -2.1C.
"And we also set a new record this morning in Mandurah with 3.9 degrees the minimum temperature, the old record was 4.4 from July 2015," she said.
Perth shivered through a maximum of 14C on Thursday, its coldest day since August 2022.
Ms Lingard said Garden Island managed to reach just 13.3C, a new record for July, while Bunbury also experienced its coldest July day with a top of 12.6C.
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