It is the coldest April temperature recorded in Gympie since April 30, 2017, and the coolest the region has recently felt since October 8 last year.
BOM meteorologist Rosa Hoff said Gympie recorded 9.3C on October 8, which was a common temperature for the dry season.
“The last time it was this cool in April was in 2017, when Gympie dropped down to a minimum temperature of 9 on the 30th of April, 2017,” Ms Hoff said.
Ms Hoff said Monday’s chill was caused by a “cold front and trough” moving across southern Queensland.
“Most of yesterday, the cold air was able to come up and this air wasn’t just cold but it was also dry as well, so because we had the lower humidity it just really helped it to cool down,” she said.
The bureau has forecast Monday and Tuesday to be relatively “benign” thanks to a high pressure ridge but there was likely to be a change from Wednesday to Friday. There will be a slight chance of showers and storms on Wednesday rising to medium chance on Thursday and Friday, and 90% chance of rain on Saturday and Sunday. Storms and showers are predicted for the rest of the week, and there’s a chance of 100mm of rain over the next two weeks.. PICTURE: Kathy Lyden
The change is due to a combination of an inland surface trough that‘s currently unstable and a series of upper troughs moving north.