Australia is heading towards it's coldest winter on record predicts David Taylor, who runs the Brisbane Weather and East Coast Weather Facebook pages.

If the prediction comes to fruition Australians could be facing winter temperatures chillier than those ever recorded.

Daily Mail Australia has compiled a map to show the lowest July temperatures ever recorded using the Government's Bureau of Meteorology climate data search function.

It shows Canberra could be headed for a freezing -8C.

A map showing the lowest July temperatures ever recorded for major cities, according to the Bureau of Meteorology

Australia is set for the coldest winter on record, an amateur weather forecaster has claimed. Pictured: Mount Buller, Victoria

David Taylor, who runs the Brisbane Weather and East Coast Weather Facebook pages, said that the icy conditions would impact huge areas of the country. Pictured: Falls Creek ski field

The forecast comes on the heels of a record-shattering winter in the northern hemisphere with temperatures along the east coast and mid-west United States reaching far below freezing.

In January this year the US was battered by a phenomenon described as a 'bomb cyclone' that brought heavy snowfall as far south as Florida as well as hurricane-force winds.

The United Kingdom also experienced an intense winter with heavy snowfall and temperatures regularly reaching -15C in a massive cold wave dubbed the 'Beast from the East.'

Mr Taylor said that weather systems were susceptible to 'butterfly effect' like scenarios where small changes can have far reaching results. Pictured: Falls Creek ski resort

Mr Taylor, who has correctly predicted major weather events in the past, said that the icy conditions would impact huge areas of Australia.

'It will be slightly cooler than normal in the north but the real cold will be in the southern states and southeast Queensland,' he told The Cairns Post.

'I wouldn't be surprised if there is snow in places where it hasn't snowed for a long time.'

Mr Taylor has explained that his forecast formula uses changes in sunspot activity, along with Global Forecast System modelling, and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast.

Mr Taylor said tracking sunspot activity has enabled him to successfully predict weather events in the past.

He was lauded for correctly predicting that 600mm of rain would fall in Townsville on February 28.

Mr Taylor was lauded for correctly predicting that 600mm of rain would fall in Townsville on February 28. Pictured: Falls Creek, Victoria

Mr Taylor also predicted a 'decent cyclone' would cross the Queensland coast between Cairns and Gladstone this week. Pictured: Stanthorpe under the snow

Mr Taylor said tracking sunspot activity has enabled him to successfully predict weather events in the past. Pictured: Stanthorpe under the snow

He said weather systems were susceptible to the 'butterfly effect' in which seemingly small changes can have vast and far reaching outcomes.

Mr Taylor made a prediction that a cyclone could form and cross the coast of north Queensland later this week.

The Bureau of Meteorology said Monday afternoon that the chance of a cyclone forming north of Queensland will increase from very low to low on Thursday as a monsoon trough is becoming more active in the Gulf of Carpentaria and a tropical low may lie within the trough.

Pictured: Drivers endure heavy rain and strong winds on Queensland's Sunshine Coast

A boy look over a snow-like blanket that covers a property in Stanthorpe, Queensland