![CHILLY: This frosty scene at Denison College in Bathurst was captured at sunrise on Thursday morning. Photo: BABY MCKENZIE CHILLY: This frosty scene at Denison College in Bathurst was captured at sunrise on Thursday morning. Photo: BABY MCKENZIE](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/yqbYpxNMru7TBX8VR5QF63/e91427a7-5650-4d5b-bddd-8bd7af042caf.jpg/r0_645_4032_2912_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
RESIDENTS across the Central West have woken to a very chilly start on Thursday with the 'feels like' temperature plummeting to -6.1 degrees in one location.
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Cold weather has sent many towns into a chill since winter began on Monday and widespread frost could be seen.
Lithgow had the coldest 'feels like' temperature across the region with the mercury down to -6.1 degrees at 6.30am, while the actual temperature was -3.6.
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It was only a touch warmer in Orange with the overnight 'feels like' temperature dropping to -5.8, while actual readings fell as low as -2.2 degrees.
In Bathurst -5.4 was the 'feels like' temperature early Thursday morning, while the mercury actually dropped to a low of -1.7 degrees.
Other towns also recorded sub-zero temperatures overnight:
- Cowra: 'feels like' -0.8, actual temperature 1.0
- Dubbo: 'feels like' -2.2, actual temperature 2.7
- Forbes: 'feels like' -0.5, actual temperature 2.3
- Mudgee: 'feels like' -2.4, actual temperature 0.2
- Parkes: 'feels like' -1.9, actual temperature 1.6
- Young: 'feels like' -3.6, actual temperature -0.4
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