Melburnians have trembled through their coldest consecutive mornings for 17 years.

The temperature dropped below 2 degrees for a second morning on Monday.

The Bureau of Meteorology recorded 1.9 degrees at 6.01am, warmer than Sunday’s low of 1.4 but offering little solace to those facing a temperature that felt like minus 1.5.

The temperature dropped to 1.8 degrees at 7.15am, which felt like minus 1.9.

Senior forecaster Scott Williams said the previous record was set in 1997, with readings of 0.3 and 0.8 on August 4 and 5.