Sydney has coldest morning in almost 12 months as ‘feels like’ temperature drops below 1C

City shivers through chilliest morning since July 2023 with low of 5.7C -although weather felt even colder

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Sydney has shivered through its coldest morning in almost 12 months with the city temperature dipping to 5.7C - but it felt even colder with the windchill.

In New South Wales we did have a very cold morning again and we probably still have a little more coolness to come," the Bureau of Meteorology's Helen Reid said on Thursday.

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