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after a cold front pushed through southeastern Australia over the weekend. Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said the cold front ushered in a large pool of cold air from ...

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Data represents the average temperatures from December 2023 to February 2024; the historic average is the average for these months from 1901 to 2000. All temperatures are in Fahrenheit.

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