{"id":174095,"date":"2025-08-25T10:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/174095\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T10:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:31:14","slug":"perth-shivers-through-coldest-day-in-50-years-as-residents-marvel-at-rain-hail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/174095\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth shivers through coldest day in 50 years as residents marvel at rain, hail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perth has shivered through its coldest day in 50 years, recording a maximum of just 11.4C on Monday.<\/p>\n

It has not been since July 29, 1975 (when the maximum was also 11.4C) that the temperature in Perth has stayed so low during the day, with the city also copping a lashing from rain and hail.<\/p>\n

It is also the coldest August day ever recorded at the Perth weather station in Mt Lawley, with the previous lowest maximum in August being 12.1C in 2020.<\/p>\n

Meteorologist Grace Abbott said the frosty weather was down to a cold front moving over land.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a cold front move over the State yesterday morning and behind that cold front we\u2019ve seen a very cold air mass coming up from the South West,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s helped drop those temperatures over much of the South West Land division today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perth has also had a very wet month, with nearly 170mm of rain falling so far \u2014 almost 50mm more than the monthly average and just 16mm away from the August record.<\/p>\n

\"ACamera IconA koala huddles form the cold and rain during the cold weather at Perth Zoo. Credit: Ian Munro\/The West Australian<\/p>\n

And it hasn\u2019t just been rain falling, with hail coating much of the city too.<\/p>\n

Palmyra resident Amanda Tweddle said it was by far the most hail she had seen since moving to the suburb in 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was plenty of hail all over the neighbouring rooftops and covering the roads, but there doesn\u2019t seem to be any damage to any homes near me thankfully,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"LenCamera IconLen Tarapacz, who works at Eco Ice Australia, said it was particularly hard to get a break from the cold on Monday. Credit: Ian Munro\/The West Australian<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to get photos and videos around 8.15 this morning, there was just so much!\u201d<\/p>\n

While some may have been surprised by seeing ice around them, commercial ice supplier Len Tarapacz is well accustomed to it.<\/p>\n

Mr Tarapacz is the owner of Eco Ice Australia, he said the weather on Monday meant it was particularly hard to get a break from the cold while hauling bags of ice inside.<\/p>\n

\"AmandaCamera IconAmanda Tweddle took these hail photos in Palmyra at 8.15am. Credit: Amanda Tweddle<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s normally cold when you go in the freezer so normally your hands don\u2019t work as well when you\u2019re in the freezer for long periods,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNormally you come outside to get a bit of a break out in the out in the open air but it was so cold, but your hands don\u2019t really get a break.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Weather Bureau is predicting the daytime weather was likely to warm up before the end of the week.<\/p>\n

\"SurfersCamera IconSurfers brave the conditions at Cottesloe on what was the coldest day in 50 years. Credit: Michael Wilson\/The West Australian<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have a high pressure ridge move in and so therefore we\u2019re going to start to see a gradual warming of our maximum temperatures,\u201d Ms Abbott said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, the minimum temperatures are going to remain about that 5-6C mark in Perth.<\/p>\n

\u201cEssentially, just a couple more sunnier days from Thursday or Friday onwards.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BayswaterCamera IconBayswater Paddlesports Club member Nic Greed took advantage of a gap in the rain to get out onto the river. Credit: Carwyn Monck\/The West Australian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perth has shivered through its coldest day in 50 years, recording a maximum of just 11.4C on Monday.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":174096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-174095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115088948397347918","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}