Adelaide chilled to 0.9 of a degree just before sunrise, seven degrees below average and equalling the August record, set in 1888. It was even frostier in the northern suburbs, getting as cold as -1.3 degrees at Parafield and -0.7 at Edinburgh, both within a degree of the August record. Severe frost occurred away from the city, including the Murraylands, Riverland, Mid North and North East Pastoral. Yunta was one of the coldest spots in the state, freezing to -5.8 degrees, only a day after recording a minus six-degree minimum, achieving its coldest pair of mornings in eight years. Both Snowtown and Renmark also had their coldest pair of mornings in eight years, dipping below -2.5 and -5 degrees respectively. Renmark chilled to -5.6 degrees this morning, 10 degrees below average and its coldest August morning in at least 20 years. Late last week we had a strong cold front cross southeastern Australia, bringing snow to the Adelaide Hills but leaving the atmosphere very dry in its wake. The next few mornings will still be chilly with widespread frost but generally it won't be quite as cold as the last few due to a bit more cloud-cover. A high pressure system over South Australia will linger until at least mid-week, keeping winds light away from the southeast and far north of the state and enabling frost to develop. Frost at this time of year is usually not a big problem but to have consecutive frosts is. And with the mild and wet start to winter, crops have matured faster than normal, making them more vulnerable to damage. - Only twice in 127 years of records has Adelaide dipped below freezing. On June 7th and 8th in 1982 it got as cold as -0.2 and -0.4 respectively.