Ballarat has frozen through it's coldest night of the year so far - and by some margin.

Despite the temperature only forecast to drop to a minimum of 1 degree overnight, the mercury fell as low as -1.5 at 6.10am.

The 'feels' like temperature even dropped as low as -5 degrees.

Before today the coldest night of the year was a much warmer 3.9 degrees.

Black ice warning lights have been activated at Gordon and Daylesford, where black ice is known to form.

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The remainder of the day is expected to be rather pleasant, if not still a bit on the cool side.

A maximum of 13 degrees is forecast, although it will be sunny for the most of the day.

And if this morning's icy start was a little too much for you then don't worry, we won't be seeing another night that cold for at least a while yet.

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