Canberrans shivered through the lowest maximum temperature in more than a decade this week, waking up to a similarly freezing low of minus 4.7 degrees recorded at the airport on Wednesday.
Temperatures in the city dropped to minus 3.5 degrees overnight on Wednesday, well below the monthly average of minus 0.1 degrees, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
However, we can sigh a frosty-breathed sigh of relief that good news is on the way for those able enduring the morning chill.
"Today we're expecting the sunshine actually to get through unlike yesterday, so there'll be a slightly warmer maximum temperature of about 11 degrees," said meteorologist Helen Read.
"These are the lowest temperatures that we've had since June, but we're well away from breaking the July record of minus 8.7 [recorded in 2017]," she said.
Ms Read joked that the cold mornings were nothing out of the ordinary for Canberrans, but reassured that we were unlikely to see a repeat of Tuesday's colder afternoons for the rest of the week.
"Tomorrow will be similar to today, cold in the morning but warming up with the sun in the afternoon, it'll still be chilly over the weekend but it won't be as cold as Tuesday," she said.
Though we may see fewer blue skies towards the end of the week, with Friday and some of the weekend forecast to be cloudy, with a possibility of some showers.
Ms Read also noted that because of a prediction of some snow in the alpine regions, Canberrans had a slim chance to be treated to the sight a 'dusting' on the Brindabellas over the weekend.
However, there won't be much luck for Canberrans in seeing snow in their backyards with the BOM predicting little to no chance of snow in the sub-alpine regions.
