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BM=Blue Mountains |
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SC=Sunny Corner |
1225m |
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33.39 |
149.90 |
NSW NON ALPINE SNOW FALL EVENTS 1808 TO 2011 |
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BH=Blackheath |
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1098m |
33.63 |
150.28 |
BT=Batlow |
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780m |
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35.52 |
148.14 |
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KT=Katoomba |
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1015m |
33.71 |
150.31 |
G/NT=Guyra/Nth Tb |
1332m |
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30.21 |
151.68 |
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MB=Medlow Bath |
1064m |
33.67 |
150.28 |
CAN=Canberra/Qbn |
577m / |
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35.31 |
149.20 |
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MV=Mt Victoria |
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1071m |
33.59 |
150.26 |
C/N=Cooma/Nimmitabel |
778m / 1082m |
36.23 |
149.12 |
(compiled from
publicly available online Newspaper Archives & other online sources) |
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WF=Wentworth Falls |
871m |
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33.71 |
150.38 |
GL=Goulburn/Crookwell |
670m / 896m |
34.75 |
149.70 |
Last updated: 20th
July 2011 |
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LA=Lawson |
728m |
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33.72 |
150.43 |
SH=Bowral, Rob, Mvale |
731m to 678m |
34.49 |
150.40 |
Work in Progress |
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LE=Leura |
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985m |
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33.71 |
150.33 |
TAR=Taralga |
845m |
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34.40 |
149.82 |
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LI=Lithgow |
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916m |
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33.48 |
150.13 |
SB=Sydney Basin |
0 to 210m |
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BA=Bathurst |
713m |
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33.43 |
149.56 |
HU=Hunter Region |
0 to 1525m |
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Latest Updates Date Colour Highlighted |
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OR=Orange |
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922m |
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33.32 |
149.08 |
OT=Other |
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OB=Oberon |
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1095m |
33.68 |
149.84 |
V=Video |
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10 |
Snowfall
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10 |
Snowfall - amount - interpreted from photos /
comments (converted to cms) |
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| Year |
Event Date -
Newspaper Article Date |
BM |
BH |
KT |
MB |
MV |
WF |
LA |
LE |
LI |
BA |
OR |
OB |
SC |
BL |
G/NT |
CAN |
C/N |
GL |
SH |
TAR |
SB |
HU |
OT |
Amount snow, report, interesting
fact |
Reference
Link Newspaper or other |
Photos ? / Video |
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| 1808 |
3-July-1808 |
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Fall of snow at "Field of Mars" (Marsfield) |
Sydney
Gazette |
No |
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| 1822 |
9-Aug-1822 |
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Snow 2 ft deep "over the Mountains" |
Sydney
Gazette |
No |
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| 1825 |
25-Aug-1825 |
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Heavy Snow around Bathurst |
Sydney
Gazette |
No |
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| 1830 |
19-Jun-1830 |
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Heavy fall of snow Bathurst |
Sydney
Gazette |
No |
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24-Jun-1830 |
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Snow beyond Mountains Knee deep |
Sydney
Gazette |
No |
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| 1836 |
28-Jun-1836 |
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2.5 |
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Sydney Snow Event of 1836 |
The
Monitor |
No |
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30-Jun-1836 |
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Newspaper description of Snow in Sydney |
Sydney
Gazette |
No |
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30-Jun-1836 |
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2.5 |
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Newspaper description of Snow in Sydney |
Sydney
Herald |
No |
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30-Jun-1836 |
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Temperature table of event |
Sydney
Herald |
No |
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| 1848 |
17-Jun-1848 |
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Snow in the streets of Bathurst |
Bathurst
Advocate |
No |
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| 1855 |
8-Aug-1855 |
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Not specific - snow Mt Victoria |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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25-Aug-1855 |
30 |
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1 to 1.5 feet over the Mts / Mt Victoria |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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| 1856 |
2-Aug-1856 |
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Snow "Blue Mts wintery
aspect" |
SMH |
No |
Master Copy |
| 1857 |
6-Jun-1857 |
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37 |
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Snow Blackheath 15 to 18 inches
thick |
The
Argus |
No |
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| 1860 |
29-Sep-1860 |
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12 people missing in snow at
Cooma |
The
SA Advertiser |
No |
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| 1862 |
2-Jul-1862 |
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16 hours of snow at Orange |
The
Argus |
No |
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| 1863 |
21-Jul-1863 |
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Snow Bathurst and Armidale |
SMH |
No |
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| 1865 |
10-Jul-1865 |
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"Considerable fall" on Blue Mountains |
SMH |
No |
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3-Aug-1865 |
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5 |
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2 inches snow at Guyra |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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| 1866 |
5-Jul-1866 |
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Heavy fall of snow Orange, several inches |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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14-Nov-1866 |
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Snow fall in Morning at Orange |
SMH |
No |
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15-Nov-1866 |
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Snow at Orange |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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| 1870 |
25-Jul-1870 |
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15 |
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6 inches snow Mt Victoria |
Brisbane Courier |
No |
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| 1872 |
17-Jul-1872 |
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Snow Oberon, Ben Lomond |
SMH |
No |
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18-Jul-1872 |
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Heavy fall of snow at Oberon |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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22-Aug-1872 |
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Snow at Wollongong |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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??-??-1872 |
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Snow at Hill End - photo only |
NSW State
Library |
Yes |
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24-Aug-1872 |
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Snow Mt Victoria on 21st July |
SMH |
No |
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27-Sep-1872 |
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Snow Murrurundi, West Maitland, Moss V |
SMH |
No |
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3-Nov-1872 |
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Snow Orange and Bathurst |
SMH |
No |
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| 1873 |
23-Jul-1873 |
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Snow Litgow,
Rydal, Zig Zag |
Empire |
No |
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13-Sep-1873 |
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Heavy fall at Cooma |
SMH |
No |
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| 1874 |
30-Jul-1874 |
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Snow at Cooma |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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7-Aug-1874 |
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Heavy Snow at Crookwell |
SMH |
No |
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25-Sep-1874 |
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Snow Orange - several inches |
SMH |
No |
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29-Sep-1874 |
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Heavy Snow Storm at Cooma |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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| 1875 |
1-Jul-1885 |
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Hills around Lithgow white with snow |
Bathurst
Free Press |
No |
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19-Aug-1875 |
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Heavy fall of snow at Murrurundi |
The
Argus |
No |
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| 1876 |
27-Jul-1876 |
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Snow all day at Orange and sleet next day |
SMH |
No |
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16-Sep-1876 |
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Not specific - thick snow |
Sydney
Mail |
No |
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3-Aug-1876 |
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Snow at Murrurundi |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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10-Oct-1876 |
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Snow Oberon 6 Inches |
SMH |
No |
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??-??-1876 |
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"Snow in distant Mts" from Sydney |
SMH |
No |
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| 1878 |
22-Jun-1878 |
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Snow at Orange |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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| 1879 |
13-May-1879 |
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Early season snow Lithgow |
SA
Register |
No |
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5-Jun-1879 |
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Snow at Orange |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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17-Jun-1879 |
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Snow at Orange |
SMH |
No |
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18-Jun-1879 |
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Heavy fall snow at Lithgow |
SA
Register |
No |
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9-Jul-1879 |
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Snow / Hail at Orange |
SMH |
No |
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12-Jul-1879 |
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10 |
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4 Inches at Orange |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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12-Aug-1879 |
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Heavy fall of snow at Orange |
SMH |
No |
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29-Sep-1879 |
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Snow and rain at Orange |
SMH |
No |
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| 1880 |
24-Jun-1880 |
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Snow at Orange |
SMH |
No |
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3-Jul-1880 |
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Heavy snow Nimmitabel |
SMH |
No |
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28-Jul-1880 |
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Little snow at Orange |
SMH |
No |
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16-Aug-1880 |
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Considerable quanity of snow at Orange |
SMH |
No |
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| 1881 |
10-Jun-1881 |
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Heavy snow Oberon |
SMH |
No |
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24-Aug-1881 |
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Snow Moss Vale |
SMH |
No |
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| 1882 |
11-Jul-1882 |
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Heavy snowfall Lithgow previous Saturday |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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28-Jul-1882 |
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Heavy snow at Orange |
SMH |
No |
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| 1883 |
22-Aug-1883 |
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7.5 |
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Heaviest fall in Lithgow for some years |
SMH |
No |
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| 1884 |
14-May-1884 |
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Heavy snow Mt Victoria, Lithgow |
Brisbane Courier |
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13-Oct-1884 |
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7.5 |
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Snow Oberon, Lithgow, Glen Innes |
SMH |
No |
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| 1885 |
10-Jun-1885 |
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Light snow at Bathurst |
Bathurst
Free Press |
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1-Jul-1885 |
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Mts around Lithgow white with snow |
Bathurst
Free Press |
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| 1886 |
18-May-1886 |
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Sleet/Snow at Cooma |
Queenbeyan
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17-Aug-1886 |
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Snow Storm during the night Mt Victoria |
SMH |
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30-Oct-1886 |
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Not specific - "driving snowstorm" Mt Vic |
Sydney
Mail |
No |
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2-Nov-1886 |
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Lost man found snow-storm - near Jenolan? |
Bathurst
Free Press |
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| 1887 |
7-Jun-1887 |
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Heavy snowstorm at Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
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1-Sep-1887 |
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Not specific - "Heavy snow at Mt Victoria" |
Brisbane Courier |
No |
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8-Sep-1887 |
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Snow Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
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| 1888 |
23-Jun-1888 |
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Snowstorm 2 days Oberon, Snow Goulburn |
SMH |
No |
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19-Jul-1888 |
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Snow at Orange |
West
Australian |
No |
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| 1889 |
25-Jun-1889 |
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2.5 |
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Light snow Lithgow |
SMH |
No |
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25-Jun-1889 |
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"Most extensive fall on record" |
Barrier
Miner |
No |
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26-Jul-1889 |
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Snow falling at Oberon |
SMH |
No |
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| 1890 |
8-Jul-1890 |
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First fall of year at Katoomba |
SMH |
No |
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10-Jul-1890 |
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Heavy falls of snow at Orange |
The
Argus |
No |
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16-Jul-1890 |
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15 min snowfall at Katoomba |
SMH |
No |
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18-Jul-1890 |
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Not specific - snow at Katoomba |
SMH |
No |
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21-Jul-1890 |
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60 |
2 to 3 ft in "Bindo Area" |
Bathurst
Free Press |
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| 1891 |
6-Jul-1891 |
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7.5 |
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Fall on 1st July at Sunny Corner |
Bathurst
Free Press |
No |
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13-Jul-1891 |
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Light flakes of snow at Katoomba |
SMH |
No |
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14-Jul1891 |
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Snow at Orange |
SMH |
No |
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27-Jul-1891 |
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Light snow Robertson |
SMH |
No |
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6-Aug-1891 |
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Heavy snow at Ben Lomond, Guyra |
Maitland
Mercury |
No |
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| 1892 |
24-Jun-1892 |
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Light flakes of snow at Katoomba |
SMH |
No |
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9-Jul-1892 |
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Light flakes of snow at Katoomba |
SMH |
No |
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11-Jul-1892 |
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Snowstorm Oberon 2 days |
SMH |
No |
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16-Jul-1892 |
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Heavy snow Katoomba |
Sydney
Mail |
No |
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16-Aug-1892 |
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Light snow at Katoomba |
SMH |
No |
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24-Sep-1892 |
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Not specific - "Snow fell at Mt Victoria" |
Sydney
Mail |
No |
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26-Sep-1892 |
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15 |
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6 inches snow Glen Innes |
SMH |
No |
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| 1893 |
13-Jul-1893 |
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15 |
6 inches at Shooters Hill |
SMH |
No |
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28-Jul-1893 |
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Heavy snow Blackheath, Kat, Mt Vic |
SMH |
No |
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8-Aug-1893 |
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30 |
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Heavy snow fall Sunny Corner, Blayney |
Bathurst
Free Press |
No |
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12-Sep-1893 |
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Snow Nimmitabel |
The
Advertiser |
No |
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30-Dec-1893 |
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Snow falling on Blue Mountains |
West
Coast Times |
No |
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| 1894 |
6-Jun-1894 |
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2.5 |
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Blackheath - snow 7am to 10 am. 1 Inch |
SMH |
No |
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9-Jun-1894 |
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2.5 |
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1 inch snow at Blackheath |
Sydney
Mail |
No |
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21-Jul-1894 |
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30 |
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"Snow fell at Intervals" at Kat, 1ft at Oberon |
Sydney
Mail |
No |
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1-Aug-1894 |
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Heavy fall of snow at Blackheath overnight |
SMH |
No |
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21-Sep-1894 |
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Snow and Hail at Lawson |
SMH |
No |
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| 1895 |
11-Jun-1895 |
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2.5 |
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Sleet Lawson, light snow Lithgow,
Mt Vic |
SMH |
No |
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23-Jul-1895 |
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Snow Bathurst, Glen Innes, Mt Vic |
SMH |
No |
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24-Jul-1895 |
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7.5 |
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Snow Cooma, Crookwell, Parkes |
SMH |
No |
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27-Jul-1895 |
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Heavy snow Guyra, Tenterfield |
Queenbeyan
Age |
No |
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24-Sep-1895 |
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Snow Kangaroo Mt - Berry, Forbes |
SMH |
No |
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24-Dec-1895 |
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Snow Oberon few days before Christmas |
SMH |
No |
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| 1896 |
2-Jun-1896 |
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Not specific - "Fall of snow" at Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
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23-Jun-1886 |
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15 |
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6 inches at Lawson, Snow Mittagong |
SMH |
No |
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23-Jun-1896 |
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Fine Snow Dubbo, Report snow Parramatta |
SMH |
No |
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24-Jun-1896 |
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5 to 9 inches - drifts at Lawson 3 to 4 feet |
The Western Aust |
No |
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24-Jun-1896 |
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Roads blocked beyond Lawson |
Grey
River Argus |
No |
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24-Jun-1896 |
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30 |
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30 |
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1 foot Mt Vic, snow Mudgee, Gulgong |
SMH |
No |
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27-Jun-1896 |
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30 |
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30 |
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17 |
20 |
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1 foot at Kat, 3 to 4 ft drifts, snowed 7hrs |
The
Mercury |
No |
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28-Aug-1896 |
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A few flakes Bowral, Millthorpe |
SMH |
No |
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26-Sep-1896 |
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Slight fall of snow at Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
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| 1897 |
7-May-1897 |
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"good fall of snow Cooma at 7pm" |
SMH |
No |
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21-May-1897 |
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"snow higher up the Mt" from Lawson |
SMH |
No |
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13-Jul-1897 |
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Light snow at Mt Vic, Oberon |
SMH |
No |
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| |
19-Aug-1897 |
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7.5 |
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3 inches at Oberon |
SMH |
No |
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3-Nov-1897 |
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Sleet / Snow at Mt Vic |
SMH |
No |
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| 1898 |
25-May-1898 |
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Few snow flakes at Lawson, sleet Orange |
SMH |
No |
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| |
22-Jul-1898 |
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12 |
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Snow Mt Victoria, 5 inches Oberon |
SMH |
No |
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| |
25-Jul-1898 |
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5 |
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13 |
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2 inches snow at Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
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| |
30-Jul-1898 |
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Snow overnight at Cooma |
SMH |
No |
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| |
4-Aug-1898 |
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2.5 |
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Snow at Lawson, Heavy at Kat, Mt Vic |
SMH |
No |
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| |
30-Nov-1898 |
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Snow Oberon (Edith/Cave Hill - Mt Trickett?) |
SMH |
No |
|
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| 1899 |
6-Jun-1899 |
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5 |
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3hrs snow at Oberon |
Bathurst
Free Press |
No |
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| |
14-Jun-1899 |
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Snow Armidale, Gulgong |
SMH |
No |
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| |
20-Jul-1899 |
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7.5 |
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7.5 |
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3 inches Mt Vic, Snow Blackheath, Kat |
SMH |
No |
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| |
9-Aug-1899 |
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5 |
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Snow Armidale, Albury, Corowa |
SMH |
No |
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| |
2-Oct-1899 |
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Light snow overnight, few flakes Bowral |
SMH |
No |
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| |
18-Oct-1899 |
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|
|
Snow fall thickly at Oberon |
SMH |
No |
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| |
27-Oct-1899 |
|
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|
Heavy Snow Robertson, Snow Dapto |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| Year |
Event Date- Newspaper
Article Date |
BM |
BH |
KT |
MB |
MV |
WF |
LA |
LE |
LI |
BA |
OR |
OB |
SC |
BL |
G/NT |
CAN |
C/N |
GL |
SH |
TAR |
SB |
HU |
OT |
Amount snow, report, interesting fact |
Reference Link Newspaper or
other |
Photos ? / Video |
|
|
| 1900 |
17-Apr-00 |
|
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|
Snow at Katoomba, Yass, Milthorpe |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
26-Jun-00 |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
4 inches snow at Shooters Hill |
SMH |
No |
|
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| |
27-Jun-00 |
|
|
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|
Snow Nimmitabel |
SMH |
No |
|
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| |
29-Jun-00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Few flakes at Bowral, Goulburn, Robertson |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
06-Jul-00 |
45 |
|
|
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|
"..18 inches snow on Blue Mountains" |
Hawera
Normanby |
No |
|
|
| |
06-Jul-00 |
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
37 |
|
|
|
|
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|
|
"Record snowfall on Blue Mts" |
Nelson
Evening Mail |
No |
|
|
| |
06-Jul-00 |
|
|
|
|
45 |
|
|
|
|
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|
18 Inches snow at Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
07-Jul-00 |
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
"Heaviest fall know" at Katoomba, 4 inches Parkes |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
09-Jul-00 |
|
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|
4 ft snow between Bathurst & Blue Mts |
Colonist |
No |
|
|
| |
09-Jul-00 |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
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|
|
30 |
|
|
|
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|
|
Snow Lithgow, Bathurst area 22 inches |
The
Argus |
No |
|
|
| |
09-Jul-00 |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
75 |
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
22in snow Bathurst district |
SA
Register |
No |
|
|
| |
10-Jul-00 |
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
Barton Deaths - snow at Katoomba |
Taranaki
Herald NZ |
No |
|
|
| |
10-Jul-00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parkes 4 inches snow |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
13-Jul-00 |
|
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|
|
Broken tree branches at Oberon |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
19-Jul-00 |
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
Not specific - heavy snow Katoomba |
Waimate
Daily Advert |
No |
|
|
| |
21-Jul-00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
Snow Oberon, Lithgow and Mittagong |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
09-Aug-00 |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Heavy snowstorm at Oberon |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1901 |
19-Jun-01 |
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
Several inches at Orange |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
24-Jun-01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 Inches of snow at Oberon |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
30-Jul-01 |
|
5 |
|
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
10 |
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
Snow Kurrajong Hts |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
24-Aug-01 |
|
|
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Light fall Blackheath, 1 inch Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
29-Aug-01 |
|
|
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Light fall snow at Blackheath |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
01-Oct-01 |
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
Light snow Mt Victoria. Snow Yass |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
02-Oct-01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A few flakes at Lawson, Snow Oberon |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1902 |
25-Aug-02 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
Light falls Katoomba, Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1903 |
09-Jun-03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
Snow falls at Blackheath, didn't
settle |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
04-Aug-03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Snowed all day Sunday at Oberon |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1904 |
06-Jun-04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
Snow at Nimmitabel |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
14-Jun-04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow fall at Katoomba |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
17-Jun-04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow at Cooma |
Queenbeyan
Age |
No |
|
|
| |
02-Jul-04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
Snow at Orange |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
12-Jul-04 |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
Snow at Guyra - heaviest for 10 years |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1905 |
11-May-05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow at Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
15-May-05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow at Nimmitabel |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
26-Jul-05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Light sleet Lithgow |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
31-Jul-05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snowfalls Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
31-Aug-05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow Mt Vic, Cooma, Goulburn, Armidale |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
31-Aug-05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 inches at Cooma & Nimmitabel |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
06-Sep-05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow Cooma (up to 2 ft surrounding areas) |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
07-Sep-05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow reported Sydney City |
The
Advertiser |
No |
|
|
| |
08-Sep-05 |
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 inches snow Blackheath |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
09-Sep-05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow reported at Dural (NW Sydney) |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
20-Sep-05 |
|
30 |
15 |
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 in. Blackheath, 6 in. Kat, 8 in. Mt Vic |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
20-Sep-05 |
|
25 |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 inches Blackheath |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
??-??-05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Photo only - snow Mudgee |
NSW
State Library |
Yes |
|
|
| |
26-Sep-05 |
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow Bowral, Mudgee, Yass |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
24-Oct-05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sleet Mt Vic, Snow Oberon |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
01-Nov-05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow Oberon and Guyra |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1906 |
30-Jun-06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow at Katoomba, light fall Mt Vic |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
18-Jul-06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow falling Blackheath, Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
21-Jul-06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow Blackheath, Kat, Mt Vic at 9am |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
24-Jul-06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow Blackheath, Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
03-Aug-06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow Lithgow |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
05-Oct-06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A little snow Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
06-Nov-06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1907 |
20-Jun-07 |
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 inches of "snow water" at Blackheath |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
25-Jun-07 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow at Nimmitabel |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
08-Jul-07 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heavy snow falls Sunny Corner |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
17-Jul-07 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not specific -
snow at Katoomba |
Sydney
Mail |
No |
|
|
| 1908 |
??-??-08 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Photo only - Katoomba snow |
flickr |
Yes - Kat milk
cart |
|
|
| |
03-Jun-08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non Settling Snow Cooma |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
24-Jun-08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow Mt Vic, below freezing all day |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
24-Jun-08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
20 ? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
Widespread snow NSW, 8in Crookwell |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
25-Jun-08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snowing at Orange |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
26-Jun-08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 inches snow at Guyra, Snow Yass |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
01-Aug-08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A little snow from the south at Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
04-Aug-08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 inches of snow in 4 hours at Oberon |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
15-Sep-08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow at Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
16-Sep-08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow also Cowra, Blayney, Cooma |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
22-Sep-08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
15 |
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 foot at Walcha |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1909 |
29-Jul-09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not specific - snow Mt Victoria and Oberon |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
31-Jul-09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow Crookwell, Moss Vale |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
03-Aug-09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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7.5 |
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Mt Vic - light fall of snow |
SMH |
No |
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04-Aug-09 |
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7.5 |
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2.5 |
15 |
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Max temp 31deg F at Sunny Corner |
SMH |
No |
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| |
05-Aug-09 |
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Snow Armidale, Orange, Lithgow |
SMH |
No |
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| |
14-Aug-09 |
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3 inches Mt Victoria, Snow Lawson |
SMH |
No |
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| |
05-Oct-09 |
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2.5 |
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|
10 |
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Snow Portland, Rockley, Moss Vale |
SMH |
No |
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| 1910 |
04-Jun-10 |
|
|
7.5 |
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3 inches snow at Katoomba |
SMH |
No |
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| |
04-Jun-10 |
|
|
7.5 |
|
7.5 |
|
|
5 |
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5 |
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|
Snow Katoomba,
Blackheath |
SMH |
No |
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| |
18-Jul-10 |
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Mt Victoria snow - photo only |
NSW State
Library |
Yes - Mt
Victoria |
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| |
18-Jul-10 |
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Clarence snow - photo only |
NSW State
Library |
Yes -
Clarence |
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| |
18-Jul-10 |
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Mt Victoria snow - photo only |
NSW State
Library |
Yes - Mt
Victoria |
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| |
18-Jul-10 |
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|
Zig Zag under snow - Photo Only |
NSW
State Library |
Yes
- Zig Zag Rail |
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| |
18-Jul-10 |
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|
Zig Zag under snow - Photo Only |
NSW State
Library |
Yes - Zig
Zag Rail |
|
|
| |
18-Jul-10 |
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|
Zig Zag under snow - Photo Only |
NSW
State Library |
Yes
- Zig Zag Rail |
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| |
19-Jul-10 |
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|
"108 points of snow", Heavy Medlow Bath |
SMH |
Synoptic
Chart - Pg 8 |
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| |
19-Jul-10 |
|
61 |
|
|
55 |
|
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|
46 |
|
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|
Detailed snow depths from BOM document |
BOM |
No |
|
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| |
19-Jul-10 |
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|
Snow on Train Sydney Central station |
The
Advertiser |
No |
|
|
| |
20-Jul-10 |
|
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|
4 feet on railway lines |
Grey
River Argus |
No |
|
|
| |
21-Jul-10 |
|
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|
Snow Blue Mountains visible Randwick |
SMH |
No |
|
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| |
22-Jul-10 |
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|
Train windows broken by snowballers !! |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
27-Jul-10 |
|
60 |
|
|
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|
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|
2 to 3 ft in Blackheath, lots of photos |
Sydney
Mail |
Yes
- Blackheath |
|
|
| |
09-Aug-10 |
|
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|
Snow on road between Blackheath/Mt Vic |
The
Argus |
No |
|
|
| |
26-Aug-10 |
|
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|
Snow started 9pm at Katoomba |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
12-Oct-10 |
|
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|
13 |
|
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|
Heavy snow Sunny Corner |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1911 |
09-Jun-11 |
|
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|
Snow at Katoomba 1 hour from 1pm |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1912 |
26-Jul-12 |
|
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|
Snow at Guyra,
Uralla |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
09-Aug-12 |
|
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|
A few flakes of snow Lithgow |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
30-Aug-12 |
|
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|
Not specific - snow reported in Sydney |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
30-Aug-12 |
|
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|
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|
Snow Homebush, Ashfield, Stanmore |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
21-Sep-12 |
|
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|
Heavy snow at Orange |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1913 |
22-Aug-13 |
|
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|
Snow at Orange |
The
Argus |
Yes
- Synoptic Chart |
|
|
| |
27-Sep-13 |
|
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|
Snow at Nimmitabel |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1914 |
29-May-14 |
|
|
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|
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|
|
Snow Katoomba, Mt Vic, Leura |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
18-Jun-14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Light snow falls Blue Mountains |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
20-Jun-14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
4ft drifts at Clarence |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
10-Jul-14 |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Snow falling at Blackheath |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
18-Jul-14 |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
Snow at Portland, several inches Lithgow |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1915 |
10-Jun-15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
Snow Blackheath, Kat, Mt Vic |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
26-Jun-15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
Snow at Portland, Cooma |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
29-Jun-15 |
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heavy snow at Blackheath |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1916 |
05-Aug-16 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Photo only - Katoomba snow |
flickr |
Yes - Katoomba
St |
|
|
| |
24-Jun-16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Several inches at Oberon |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1917 |
10-Apr-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Fall of snow at Blackheath" |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
18-Apr-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not specific - fall of snow Blue Mts |
The Mercury |
No |
|
|
| |
22-Jun-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not specific - light fall of snow Blue Mts |
The Mercury |
No |
|
|
| |
23-Jul-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heavy snow at Orange |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1918 |
19-Jul-18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not specific - snow at Katoomba |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1919 |
09-Jul-19 |
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"A good deal of Snow", Mt Vic/GWH Photo |
Sydney
Mail |
Yes
- GWH Mt Victoria |
|
|
| |
28-Aug-19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow Blackheath, Katoomba |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
01-Sep-19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow reported at Strathfield |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
11-Sep-19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First report of snow at Wollongong |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
04-Oct-19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow heavy on ground near Mt Vic |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1920 |
28-Jan-20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oberon - 1st instance of snow in Jan |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
29-Jan-20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not specific - snow Blue Mts |
The Argus |
No |
|
|
| 1921 |
1-Aug-21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 foot snow on Canobolas, snow at Orange |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
4-Aug-21 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow inches deep Kat, Kat falls frozen |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1922 |
??-Jun-22 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow Katoomba - Photo only |
Museum
Victoria |
Yes
- Katoomba |
|
|
| |
1-Jul-22 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 inches at Kat, Heavy Snow Medlow Bath |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
3-Jul-22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow at Katoomba, Medlow Bath |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
4-Jul-22 |
|
|
|
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 inches at Mt Victoria |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| 1923 |
27-Jun-23 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow Katoomba, 1 inch Lithgow |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
27-Jun-23 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heavy snow Blackheath |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
10-Jul-23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heavy snow Mt Victoria, Armidale, Walcha |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
11-Jul-23 |
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
snow also Leura |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
19-Jul-23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow at Guyra |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
??-??-23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Photo only - Barrington Tops |
NSW
State Library |
Yes |
|
|
| |
6-Aug-23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 inches snow Orange |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
7-Aug-23 |
|
30 |
45 |
|
|
30 |
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
10 |
2.5 |
|
|
|
|
12 inches snow Blackheath |
SMH |
Synoptic
Chart - Pg 11 |
|
|
| |
16-Aug-23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not specific -
snow at Katoomba |
The Argus |
No |
|
|
| |
15-Sep-23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Light fall snow at Blackheath |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
17-Sep-23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heavy fall of snow at Katoomba |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
22-Nov-23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reports snow in Lithgow district |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| Year |
Event Date- Newspaper
Article Date |
BM |
BH |
KT |
MB |
MV |
WF |
LA |
LE |
LI |
BA |
OR |
OB |
SC |
BL |
G/NT |
CAN |
C/N |
GL |
SH |
TAR |
SB |
HU |
OT |
Amount snow, report, interesting
fact |
Reference Link Newspaper or
other |
Photos ? / Video |
|
|
| 1924 |
7-Jun-24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not specific - snow Blue Mts |
The Argus |
No |
|
|
| |
7-Jun-24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heavy Snow at Orange, Flakes at Kat |
SMH |
No |
|
|
| |
1-Oct-24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Snow Guyra and Nimmitabel |
SMH |
No |
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| 1925 |
7-Jul-25 |
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Fall of snow at Blackheath |
SMH |
No |
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21-Jul-25 |
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2 |
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Heavy fall Blackheath starting 9pm |
SMH |
No |
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24-Jul-25 |
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Snow at Bowral |
SMH |
No |
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4-Aug-25 |
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Snow falls at Blackheath & Katoomba |
SMH |
No |
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15-Aug-24 |
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Snow at intervals in Blackheath |
SMH |
No |
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17-Aug-25 |
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Slight fall of snow Guyra |
SMH |
No |
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18-Sep-25 |
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Not specific - snowfalls Katoomba, Mt Vic |
SMH |
No |
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29-Sep-25 |
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7.5 |
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Not specific - snow at Katoomba, Mt Vic |
SMH |
No |
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1-Oct-25 |
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Proposal for Snow Resort Barrington Tops |
SMH |
No |
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| 1926 |
5-May-26 |
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Snow with rain at Lithgow |
SMH |
No |
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28-Jul-26 |
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Snow at Orange |
SMH |
No |
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4-Aug-26 |
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Photo snow at Orange |
Sydney
Mail |
Yes
- Orange only |
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| 1927 |
31-Mar-27 |
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Snow reported Sydney |
SMH |
No |
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27-May-27 |
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First snow of year at Oberon |
SMH |
No |
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30-May-27 |
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Snow reported at Marrickville Sydney |
SMH |
No |
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9-Jul-27 |
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10 |
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Light snow Blackheath, 4 inches Kat |
SMH |
No |
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11-Jul-27 |
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15 |
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Snow at Oberon - 6 inches |
SMH |
No |
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11-Aug-27 |
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Snow Guyra and Nimmitabel |
SMH |
No |
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26-Sep-27 |
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Not specific - fall of snow Blue Mts |
SMH |
No |
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| 1928 |
22-Jun-28 |
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Snowing at Katoomba at 3PM |
SMH |
No |
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23-Jun-28 |
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Snow Bathurst, Oberon |
SMH |
No |
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6-Jul-28 |
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Snow Storm in Blue Mountains |
SMH |
No |
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25-Jul-28 |
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5 |
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Several inches at Medlow Bath, Snow Kat |
SMH |
No |
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26-Jul-28 |
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