SWAN Hill on Wednesday shivered through its coldest day in almost a year.

The daytime maximum temperature plunged to 10.4 degrees after shivering through an overnight low of minus 1.5.

The previous coldest day was July 12 last year at 11.3 degrees.

Despite the cooler weather finally arriving in the Mallee after a warm start to winter, the average maximum and minimum were still below long-term ...