Mother Nature doesn't disappoint cold weather lovers as winter hits Stawell

It feels like since June 1, the weather has been building up to the extremes witnessed across June 8-9.

The lowest temperature in Stawell this month was -0.3 degrees - registered on Saturday, June 5.

Sporting families would have been in two minds about not having to go out and brave the cold after Saturday morning sport was cancelled, due to the Victorian government-imposed restrictions.

The second week of June revealed warmer weather - with the highest overnight temperature staying at a balmy 8.8 degrees on June 7 and reaching a top of 16.9 degrees.

The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed while autumn this year had been the coolest since 2015, winter would be warm and dry.

"Some areas of Victoria have missed out on their usual autumn rainfall and could be heading into a dry winter," bureau climatologist, Dr Lynette Bettio said.

Nighttime temperatures were forecast to be warmer than usual this winter.

But the weather across June 8-9 certainly didn't make residents feel this way.

With cool daytime temperatures and cloud cover keeping the nights warmer - the warnings to batten down the hatches were taken in as the wild winds picked up.

Mt William was the talking point, reaching -0.1 at 4pm on June 8. No official reports of snow had come in at the time of publication, but plenty of reports of "it's cold enough to snow".

At 4.30am, on June 9, Mt William recorded gusts of winds peaked at 120 kilometres per hour.

As the day wore on the wind decreased, only to pick up again in the afternoon.

Stawell, had gusts of 70 kilometres per hour at 7am the same day.

Stawell SES controller Brody Stewart said SES received serval call-outs across the weather event.

"Two houses in Stawell required assistance, one for roof damage and the other for damage to roof sails," he said. "There were a few trees across the roads. Those were cleared up quickly and very manageable."

The Stawell Times-News reported on Wednesday morning there were calls to emergency services due to powerlines sparking in Darlington Lane.

Powercor was on the scene late morning to assess the incident.

Stawell residents will get a slight reprieve from the cold, wet and windy weather over the next few days as the forecast does not include much rain. Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12 have forecast maximums of 15 °C degrees, and be partly cloudy. Sunday, June 13 will be a bit cooler and 14°C.

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