Gungahlin shivers through its coldest day on record with a maximum of just 2.6 degrees
Jun 12, 2009
If you can’t remember it being this cold in Gungahlin for a while your not imagining things, as Gungahlin shivered through its coldest day since the Gungahlin Weather Station opened in January 1998.The maximum temperature on 12 June 2009 was just 2.6°C (recorded at 3.17pm), beating the previous coldest day of 3.0°C recorded on the very snowy day of 28 May 2000.
Fog and low level cloud developed during the early hours of June 12 combining to create the cold and eerie conditions, and without a breeze to blow the cloud away it remained foggy and misty throughout the day, blocking out any chance of the sun warming the suburbs.
At nearby Tuggeranong the temperature also peaked at just 2.6°C degrees, the coldest maximum ever recorded in Canberra’s south.
At Canberra Airport the maximum reached only 4.1°C, the coldest maximum there since June 1966 when 2.8°C was recorded. Canberra Airports lowest maximum on record is 2.1°C, recorded on 25 June 1949.
Conditions were much milder across the local area, with Cooma recording a top of 10.7°C, Goulburn 9.1°C and Yass 8.6°C. Even in the Snowy Mountains Thredbo Village reached 6.7°C, Perisher Valley 5.0°C and Cabramurra 3.3°C.
Relief from the cold is on its way, with milder temperatures over the coming week, reaching 14°C degrees by Thursday (2°C above the June average).
Source: The Gungahlin Weather Centre & Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology.
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