WIMMERA residents have shivered through a chilly few mornings with temperatures dipping into the negatives at the weekend.

Horsham dipped to a low of -2.1 degrees at 7.54am on Saturday morning, while a low of -2.3 degrees was recorded at 5am on Sunday morning.

It wasn't quite as chilly at Edenhope, which reached lows of -0.9 degrees on Saturday morning and -0.6 on Sunday morning.

Temperatures reached a low of -0.4 degrees at Nhill on Sunday morning, however the apparent temperature was -4.2 degrees.

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WIMMERA farmers have been spared the worst consequences of the frost that has hit the region, but could yet suffer if forecasts for the weekend prove correct.

The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting the mercury to drop to two degrees below freezing in Horsham for each of the next three days, after reaching minus 1.2 on Wednesday and minus 1.9 on Friday.

Edenhope and Kanagulk also dropped below zero.

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Apsley farmer Peter Scullion, who runs a mixed cropping operation, said his sheep and crops had handled the chilly mornings well so far.

"We haven't had any stock fatalities yet but we've got three more days to go and there's not much we can do," he said.

"Usually these frosts happen a bit later in the year, and they're not usually lined up like this several days in a row. We've sown most of our crop already but our flax is still in its juvenile stage, and we probably need a good rain after this so the plants go back into growth mode."

Kanagulk's Nick Pekin also said his crops hadn't sustained damage yet, but was worried about the prospect of another several days of cold mornings.

"I would say this is starting to happen more often," he said.

"It just means you have to catch up on other work, because you can't spray weeds during frosts," he said. "We've got our machinery undercover and got our first sprays on the canola early, so we only have broadleaf cereals left to do."

Mr Pekin said he was contemplating taking out insurance for frost damage this season.

Peter Moore, who farms near Horsham Airport northwest of the the city, said he had a frost at his property on Thursday, and that they were common for him at this time of year.

"Frosts now are not as serious a problem as they are in October, where they can destroy the mature crop," he said.

"It does make it harder to spray chemicals though. I'd like to see a bit more rain too, if we don't get it and there are more frosts that dry out the ground it will become a problem."

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