Wild and weird weather baffles Australia

Wild and weird weather has hit Australia, with a combination of drought, storms, bushfires, snow and record low temperatures baffling a population usually heading for the beach at this time of year.

Icy winds shrieking up from the South Pole had Sydney residents shivering on the way to work Thursday as the country's most populous city recorded its coldest overnight November temperature in more than a century.

The mercury dropped to just 8.3 degrees Celsius (47 degrees Fahrenheit), the lowest since November 1905, but with the wind-chill factor "I think the temperature was around two degrees," said Bureau of Meteorology weatherman Rob Webb.