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Autumnal Australia Day across the southeast
Anthony Duke, Monday January 26, 2015 - 15:09 AEDT
Towns and cities across Australia's southeast have shivered through a very cool and cloudy Australia Day.
At the time of writing, Sydney has only reached a peak of 21.4 degrees which was recorded at 7am this morning. Much of the day has remained close to 20 degrees under skies more typical of England than of Australia. Since further temperature rises are unlikely today, this should be the coolest Australia day in Sydney in 50 years.
In Melbourne the mercury has struggled to reach 20 degrees in a cool and cloudy air-stream. Similarly Canberra just managed to reach 22 degrees, six degrees below their January average. For both cities, it has been the coolest Australia Day since 1998.
Cool southerly and southeasterly winds across the southeast are largely to blame for these autumnal-like temperatures. Not only are these winds directing a cooler air-mass towards these cities, but moisture in the airmass is causing low cloud to develop preventing much warming.
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