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Chill out, it’s not that bad!

Logan has shivered through near freezing temperatures in July, but relief could be in sight.

While it might have felt like “the coldest morning ever”, experts say we’ve had colder and we’re likely to see the mercury rise in the coming weeks.

“When you step out the door, you’re probably going to need all the layers, but we do see temperatures increase,” Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) community engagement officer Morgan Pumpa said.

“We’ll have some sunnier skies.

“Usually this time of year, our lowest temperature that we get as a mean would be around 9ºC.

The coldest temperature recorded by the BOM in Logan was 2.6ºC on Wednesday 18 July at 2am.

The ‘feels like’ temperature at that time was 0ºC.

“The feels like’ temperature takes into account a number of things, and the wind chill is a big factor,” Ms Pumpa said.

“When we get those low temperatures in the morning, the feels like temperature can sometimes be 3º or 4ºC difference, and during the day it could be 5º, 6º, or 7ºC difference.

“It would have most likely been that it was settled, so with the calm conditions, clear skies, the light wind and those chilly temperatures, we get that ground temperature lifting up and into the air – and our ground temperature is cooler than the air temperature.”

The lowest temperature ever recorded in July in Logan was -0.5ºC on 20th in 2007.

Ms Pumpa said minimum temperatures this week would be “hovering around 5º-7ºC.

“It’s hard to predict winter as a whole, because it only takes one event to shift the monthly average or a season as a whole,” she said.

 

 

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