Cold weather system hits southern Queensland, Brisbane shivers through coldest morning in six years

This Maremma puppy found ice in a puddle near Stanthorpe. (Supplied: Karen Johns)

Brisbane has woken up to its coldest June morning in six years, with the temperature plummeting to 5.1 degrees Celsius at the airport at dawn.

And it felt even chillier overnight with the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) saying the apparent temperature dropped to 1.9C at 3:30am.

It is the coldest June morning in the capital since 2016, when 4.6C was recorded at the airport.

Meanwhile, sub-zero temperatures were recorded in more than half a dozen Queensland locations.

Fog and frost at Gowrie Mountain outside Toowoomba. (Supplied: Naomi Wilson )

"It is such a broad area that's affected," BOM forecaster Helen Reid told ABC Radio Brisbane.

The BOM said temperatures are likely to be slightly cooler tomorrow in some parts of the region.

Ice on the stairs at Gowrie Mountain. (Supplied: Naomi Wilson )

Where the coldest temperatures were felt

The coldest place in the state was Wellcamp Airport, in the Darling Downs.

It hit -3.6C at 6:30am, with an apparent temperature of -6.5C.

While it was too dry for snowfall, Wellcamp airport worker Grace Bennett said there was frost everywhere.

"This is our first big frost of the season," she said.

"Getting into the car this morning it probably took about 10 minutes to warm up.

"I've still got frozen toes and I've been in the office now for about an hour, so it takes a while to defrost that's for sure."

Frost on windscreen of a car at Wellcamp airport. (Supplied: Grace Bennett)

Frost on grass at sunrise in Warwick. ( Supplied: Beverly Hobbs)

Applethorpe reached a shivering -2.4C at 6:20am and frost covered fields in Warwick, where it was -2C at 7am.

Just west of the Gold Coast, Canungra recorded -1.3C.

Dalby, Goondiwindi, Oakey, Toowoomba and Kingaroy also fell below zero.

Frost on rose near Stanthorpe. (Supplied: Diamondvale Cottages)

Frosty leaves at Kingaroy, after a cold start to the morning. (Supplied)

No snow on the horizon

Despite the freezing temperatures, Ms Reid said not to expect to get into any snowball fights during this cold snap.

"You almost wish it would be snowing just to make it more worthwhile."

Frost outside Diamondvale Cottages in Stanthorpe. (Supplied: Diamondvale Cottage)

Frost across fields south of Warwick. (Supplied: Tanya Roche)

Ms Reid said a ridge of high pressure has brought cold, dry air up from the south pole.

"Overnight with clear skies and not much movement of the air, those temperatures have been able to drop," she said.

Queenslanders should keep the woollies handy because the system that carried up the cold air was not shifting.

"We have seen a couple of cold mornings, and we've got a few more on the way as well," Ms Reid said.

"We can expect to see well below average temperatures for a week at least.

"It is a very chilly start to our season."