<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victorian ski resort Falls Creek has recorded its coldest October night in 19 years, with temperatures plunging to -6.6 degrees.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The tail end of a cold air mass with polar origins has triggered sub-zero temperatures in the state.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A statewide low of -7.3 degrees was recorded at ski resort Mount Hotham, </span><a href="https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/subzero-temperatures-in-five-states-five-weeks-out-from-summer/1890977" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="according to Weatherzone"><span>according to Weatherzone</span></a><span>, which was only 1.1 degrees above its coldest October night on record.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/two-dead-underground-mine-explosion-far-west-nsw/4e39a4bc-ee81-481e-b5d1-0f9a1ec2abf6" target="_blank"><strong><span>Two dead after mine explosion near regional town</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Outside of the ski resorts, residents in the small East Gippsland community of Gelantipy experienced the coldest night in any month in three years after the temperature dipped to -2.3 degrees overnight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Residents in parts of New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and South Australia were also left shivering as temperatures plummeted last night and into this morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The coldest temperature in South Australia was the town of Keith West in the state's south-east which recorded -1.5 degrees.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/national-weather-victorian-ski-resort-dips-to-record-low-temperature-as-cold-air-mass-leaves-multiple-states-shivering/7d7c6def-e63b-4222-99fd-4bcde293a737" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/medicare-bulk-billing-changes-australia-november-explained/0d3f161a-0dec-4861-aff4-7f440fb43984" target="_blank"><strong><span>Aussies about to benefit from major $7.9 billion health boost</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In NSW, a statewide low of -8.8 degrees was recorded at Perisher Valley, while Green Cape on the far south coast experienced its lowest October minimum in 15 years after recording 7.8 degrees.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mt Ginini in the Brindabella Range on the border of the Australian Capital Territory and NSW recorded -5.4 degrees, which was within just 0.1°C of the coldest October night in the site's 21 years of records, Weatherzone said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Canberra also shivered through a cold night as temperatures fell to -0.2 degrees.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In Tasmania, a statewide low of -4.2 degrees was recorded in the central plateau town of Liawenee.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>