Frosty night as Melbourne suburbs drop below zero

Sherrill Nixon
July 8, 2009 - 7:52AM
Melburnians awoke to ice on their car windscreens and across their lawns after a night of below-freezing temperatures in many suburbs.

Gloves, scarves and winter coats were de rigeur at train stations and tram stops after one of the coldest nights in years across parts of the metropolitan area.

Laverton, in the city's west, recorded its lowest minimum in 12 years when the temperature dropped to minus 2.1 degrees at 4.37am.

The overnight low also dropped below zero at Moorabbin (minus 0.8 degrees)[we live nearby Moorabin], Scoresby (minus 0.6 degrees at 5.03am), Viewbank (minus 0.5 degrees at 6.30am) and Essendon (minus 0.2 degrees).

God, it was so cold this morning and there was a layer of ice on our car windscreens. On days like this, I really want a winter coat that is thick and long way down to my ankles. Like those trench coats that every New Yorker would wear!