Bust out the beanies, hook up the heater and dive under the blankets because winter is well and truly here.
Brisbane experienced its lowest overnight minimum of the year, while areas near the NSW border dropped well below sub-zero temperatures.
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Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Janine Yuasa said the cool conditions were generated by a combination of a colder air mass, dry air, clear skies and light winds. She said these were "prime conditions for temperatures to fall".
Brisbane reached 7.6 degrees just before 7am on Sunday, slightly above the seven degrees which was expected, however just minutes before the 'feels like' temperature was only 6.5.
However, Stanthorpe dropped to -4.8 degrees about 5am and 7am which was lower than the predicted minimum of minus four. However, the 'feels like' temperature was -9.5 just before 5am.
Conditions were expected to improve near the NSW border on Monday, with a low of minus two degrees forecast on Monday in Stanthorpe and a relatively warm minimum of five degrees on Tuesday.
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