Tuesday, February 12th 2019, 10:46 am - It may be cold comfort, but the next time you're in an extreme cold warning, keep things in perspective by thinking of these seven frigid locations. www.7NEWS.com.au # Unseasonal flakes and floods in NSW Snowy Mountains, Sydney just passed its annual rainfall average, Thunderstorms light up skies over Queensland, Wintry weather returns to southeastern Australia, /styles/icons/elders/small/mostly_clear.png, am#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 12am, am#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 1am, am#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 2am, am#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 3am, am#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 4am, am#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 5am, am#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 6am, am#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 7am, am#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 8am, am#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 9am, am#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 10am, am#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 11am, pm#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 4pm, pm#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 5pm, pm#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 6pm, pm#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 7pm, pm#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 8pm, pm#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 9pm, pm#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 10pm, pm#SAT#SATURDAY#Mostly clear#Oct 31, 11pm. Here’s Canada’s entry in the list, and it stands out not just as the coldest-ever temperature in the nation, but the coldest in North America (no, we’re not counting Greenland). "It's looking like a really dry air mass that's going to be sitting over Queensland for the rest of the week, so we're not really expecting any precipitation or snow fall at all," she said. While Brisbane dipped to an unremarkable 11C, the maximum temperature of just 15C made it the coldest May day since 1922. "It was lovely to have a break from the Sun.". "We've known since the 1980s that Earth has had a fever," Sarah Green, an environmental chemist, explained to Mashable earlier this year. Bundaberg, with 13.2C, had its coldest May day in 129 years. Mackay smashed the record for its coldest May day in 113 years with 15.6 degrees Celsius. Blackall and Windorah had their coldest May days on record on Friday. Rather than a remote outpost, it is a fully-developed metropolis, boasting a population of hundreds of thousands of people, along with universities, opera houses, even a zoo. Here's a statistic: On Earth, 18 of the last 19 years have been the warmest in recorded history. Mackay was on track to break its record for the coldest day in May today. We’re sure the inhabitants of these two small Russian Siberian communities must be thrilled at being forced to share a spot on this list. Septembrrrrr! SEE ALSO: Trump fails to block NASA's carbon sleuth from going to space. Mackay set a record for the coldest maximum may day temperature in 113 years. Here's what they say, COVID-19 spells end of Adelaide 500 supercar race after 21 years. frozen at the bottom of their thermometers, didn’t even know about until a few years ago. It’s almost certain that there are colder places on the island, although scientists can be forgiven for not falling over themselves to slap on a parka and go hunting for them. Temperatures (°C) Highest air temperature recorded in the 20th Century: 32.5°C at Boora, Co. Offaly on 29th June 1976 Lowest air temperature recorded in the 20th century: -18.8°C at Lullymore, Co. Kildare on 2nd January 1979 Lowest grass minimum temperature: -19.6°C at Glasnevin, Dublin on 12th January 1982