Queensland weather: cold snap sends temperatures plummeting below Melbourne’s in more than 80 places

Many south-eastern areas had their coldest morning of the year, weather bureau says, while Brisbane's 6.3C low was 3.6C colder than Victoria's capital

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Queensland shivered through a record-breaking cold snap on Monday, with overnight temperatures at more than 80 Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) sites lower than in Melbourne.

Brisbane's minimum temperature of 6.3C - recorded at Brisbane airport - was more than three degrees lower than the Victorian capital's minimum of 9.9C, the weather bureau said.

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