A sunny Sunday has offered Sydneysiders a welcome reprieve from wet and wild weather, even as the mercury continues to plummet.
Temperatures dipped to a low of just 8.7C on Sunday morning – the coldest minimum in May so far, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
The chilly start comes after the city recorded its coldest maximum temperature for the month so far on Saturday with 15.9C off the back of blistering winds.
With no rain recorded since 9am, BOM was forecasting a much milder day for Sunday with sunny conditions expected to bring a maximum temperature of 19C.
The break may not last long though, with BOM forecasting a high-chance of showers along coastal regions of the city on Monday and continuing into late next week.
Further south, residents in Melbourne were warned to brace for showers on Sunday, most likely in the afternoon and evening, with winds of up to 30km/h.
Rain in Melbourne is also expected to continue into early next week, with as much as 3mm forecast for Monday, and up to 1mm until Thursday.
A frost warning was also in place for large swathes of the state’s northern, central, and western regions, including West and South Gippsland.
In Brisbane, clear skies and winds of up to 25km were forecast to bring a maximum temperature of 23C on Sunday and into next week.
Temperatures plummeted in Canberra on Sunday to an icy low of -3.9C after the city’s coldest May maximum of 11.9C on Saturday.
The mercury was again forecast to fall to -1C on Monday, with highs forecast throughout the week of just 16C during the day.
A frost warning was also in place for much of South Australia on Sunday with temperatures there falling to as low as -3C.
Adelaide was expected to reach a high of 17C on Sunday, while further south Hobart is forecast for a high of just 15C.
Perth is meanwhile forecast to reach a high of 27C on Sunday, before rain’s descend on the west late next week.
Darwin, in the midst of the dry season, was forecast to reach 33C on Sunday, with no rains on the horizon.