Last Wednesday heralded the start of summer, but possibly in name only.
Temperature-wise, the first four days kept to the script, recording 23, 25, 27 and 23 degrees. But then Sunday hit and the thermometer just crept into double figures (11.7).
It's a sign of the season to come, with a La Nina weather event expected to keep conditions relatively cool and wet across much of the country.
It is the second consecutive La Nina. The one over the summer of 2020-21 led to record rainfalls and multiple land slips in parts of the Mountains.
The chilly start to summer continues this week with predicted maximums of between 13 and 16 degrees.
And all suspicions that last month was colder and wetter than usual were confirmed with the Bureau of Meteorology figures showing November's average maximum at Mt Boyce (at the top of the Mountains) was 17.1 degrees, more than three degrees colder than the long-term average of 20.5.
The minimum was closer to the average, 9.1 this year, compared with the long-term mark of 9.9 degrees.
The coldest hit was over the weekend of November 13-14, with a chilly minimum of 3.2 degrees and a maximum on the Saturday of just 8.9.
There were only seven days in the entire month when temperatures were hotter than the average.
And November was also a lot wetter than the long-term average, with 280.2mm of rain, almost three times the average of 98.3mm.
But backing up a bit, while November was cool, the first two months of spring were relatively warm.
In September, the average maximum was 15.2 degrees, above the long-term mark of 14.8, and there were 17 days when it was warmer than the average.
It was also dry, with 30.8mm of rain, compared with average 53.6mm.
And October was almost an exact match with the long-term averages: Minimum temperature 7 degrees (long-term average 7.7), maximum 17.5 (18) and rainfall 68.6mm (68.7mm). There were three quite hot October days, one at 27 degrees and two at 24.