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NewsColony ‘Coldest start to May’ as icy conditions carry through to weekend As icy winds continue to send a chill across Australia’s east coast, record-breaking temperatures and damaging conditions are expected to continue through to the weekend. Victoria has recorded its coldest and wettest start to May in more than five decades, with severe weather sweeping a cold snap across Australia this weekend. The Bureau of Meteorology said an icy chill swept the Victorian Alps with rain and hail forecast. Victoria has recorded its coldest and wettest start to May in more than five decades, with severe weather sweeping a cold snap across Australia this weekend. (9News) Today’s max of just 12 degrees for the state means it will be the coldest May in more than 50 years, with temperatures hitting just 12.2 degrees back in 1962. Rain and wind will likely lash the city’s east today with strong winds expected to hit the Mornington Peninsula and bayside areas. The alpine regions ...