LEGEND: BM=Blue Mountains BH=Blackheath KT=Katoomba    
  MB=Medlow Bath MV=Mt Victoria WF=Wentworth Falls NSW NON ALPINE SNOW FALL EVENTS 1808 TO 2010
  LA=Lawson LE=Leura LI=Lithgow
  BA=Bathurst OR=Orange OB=Oberon
  SC=Sunny Corner ST=Sth Tablelands G/NT=Guyra/Nth Tb (compiled from online Newspaper Archives & other online sources - work in progress)
  SB=Sydney Basin HU=Hunter Region OT=Other, V=Video Last updated: 26 June 2010
  10 Snowfall - amount - where reported (converted to cms)  
                                               
Year Event Date OR Newspaper Article Date BM BH KT MB MV WF LA LE LI BA OR OB SC ST G/NT SB HU OT Amount snow, report, interesting fact Reference Link Newspaper or other Photos ? / Video Years between 30+ cm BM event
1808 3-July-1808                                     Fall of snow at "Field of Mars" (Marsfield) Sydney Gazette No  
1822 9-Aug-1822                                     Snow over 2 ft deep "over the Mountains" this winter Sydney Gazette No  
1825 25-Aug-1825                                     Heavy Snow around Bathurst Sydney Gazette No  
1830 19-Jun-1830                                     Heavy fall of snow Bathurst Sydney Gazette No  
  24-Jun-1830                                     Snow beyond Mountains Knee deep Sydney Gazette No  
1836 28-Jun-1836                               2.5     Sydney Snow Event of 1836 The Monitor No  
  30-Jun-1836                                     Actual Newspaper description of Snow in Sydney Sydney Gazette No  
  30-Jun-1836                               2.5     Actual Newspaper description of Snow in Sydney Sydney Herald No  
  30-Jun-1836                                     Temperature table of event Sydney Herald No  
1855 8-Aug-1855                                     Not specific - snow Mt Victoria Maitland Mercury No  
  25-Aug-1855 30                                   1 to 1.5 feet over the Mts / Mt Victoria Maitland Mercury No 0
1856 2-Aug-1856                                     Not specific - snow "Blue Mts wintery aspect" Sydney Morning Herald No  
1857 6-Jun-1857   37                                 Snow Blackheath 15 to 18 inches thick The Argus No 2
1862 2-Jul-1862                                     16 hours of snow at Orange The Argus No  
1865 10-Jul-1865                                     "Considerable fall" on Blue Mountains Sydney Morning Herald No  
1866 5-Jul-1866                                     Heavy fall of snow at Orange, several inches Maitland Mercury No  
  14-Nov-1866                                     Snow fall in Morning at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  15-Nov-1866                                     Snow at Orange Maitland Mercury No  
1870 25-Jul-1870         15                           6 inches snow Mt Victoria Brisbane Courier No  
1872 17-Jul-1872                                     Snow Oberon, Ben Lomond Sydney Morning Herald No  
  18-Jul-1872                                     Heavy fall of snow at Oberon Maitland Mercury No  
  22-Aug-1872                                     Snow at Wollongong Maitland Mercury No  
  ??-??-1872                                     Snow at Hill End - photo only NSW State Library Yes  
  24-Aug-1872                                     Snow Mt Victoria on 21st July Sydney Morning Herald No  
  27-Sep-1872                                     Snow at Murrurundi and West Maitland Sydney Morning Herald No  
  3-Nov-1872                                     Snow Orange and Bathurst Sydney Morning Herald No  
1874 25-Sep-1874                                     Snow Orange - several inches Sydney Morning Herald No  
1875 19-Aug-1875                                     Heavy fall of snow at Murrurundi The Argus No  
1876 27-Jul-1876                                     Snow all day at Orange and sleet next day Sydney Morning Herald No  
  16-Sep-1876                                     Not specific - thick snow Sydney Mail No  
  3-Aug-1876                                     Snow at Murrurundi Maitland Mercury No  
  10-Oct-1876                       15             Snow Oberon 6 Inches Sydney Morning Herald No  
  ??-??-1876                                     Not specific - "Snow in distant Mts" from Sydney Sydney Morning Herald No  
1878 22-Jun-1878                                     Snow at Orange Maitland Mercury No  
1879 5-Jun-1879                                     Snow at Orange Maitland Mercury No  
  17-Jun-1879                                     Snow at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  9-Jul-1879                                     Snow / Hail at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  12-Jul-1879                     10               4 Inches at Orange Maitland Mercury No  
  12-Aug-1879                                     Heavy fall of snow at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  29-Sep-1879                                     Snow and rain at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
1880 24-Jun-1880                                     Snow at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  28-Jul-1880                                     Little snow at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  16-Aug-1880                                     Considerable quanity of snow at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
1881 10-Jun-1881                                     Heavy snow Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
1882 28-Jul-1882                                     Heavy snow at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
1884 14-May-1884                                     Not specific - heavy snow Mt Victoria, Lithgow Brisbane Courier No  
  13-Oct-1884                       7.5             Snow Oberon, Lithgow, Glen Innes Sydney Morning Herald No  
1886 17-Aug-1886                                     Snow Storm during the night Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  30-Oct-1886                                     Not specific - "driving snowstorm" Mt Vic Sydney Mail No  
1887 7-Jun-1887                                     Not specific - heavy snowstorm at Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  1-Sep-1887                                     Not specific - "Heavy snow at Mt Victoria" Brisbane Courier No  
  8-Sep-1887                                     Snow Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
1888 23-Jun-1888                                     Snow storm 2 days at Oberon, Snow Goulburn Sydney Morning Herald No  
  19-Jul-1888                                     Snow at Orange West Australian No  
1889 25-Jun-1889                       2.5             Light snow Lithgow Sydney Morning Herald No  
  26-Jul-1889                                     Snow falling at Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
1890 8-Jul-1890                                     First fall of year at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  10-Jul-1890                                     Heavy falls of snow at Orange The Argus No  
  16-Jul-1890                                     15 min snowfall at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  18-Jul-1890                                     Not specific - snow at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
1891 13-Jul-1891                                     Light flakes of snow at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  14-Jul1891                                     Snow at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  27-Jul-1891                                     Light snow Robertson Sydney Morning Herald No  
1892 24-Jun-1892                                     Light flakes of snow at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  9-Jul-1892                                     Light flakes of snow at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  11-Jul-1892                                     Light fall at Katoomba, Snowstorm Oberon 2 days Sydney Morning Herald No  
  16-Jul-1892                                     Heavy snow Katoomba Sydney Mail No  
  16-Aug-1892                                     Light snow at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  24-Sep-1892                                     Not specific - "Snow fell at Mt Victoria" Sydney Mail No  
  26-Sep-1892 `                           15       6 inches snow Glen Innes Sydney Morning Herald No  
1893 13-Jul-1893                                     6 inches at Shooters Hill Sydney Morning Herald No  
  28-Jul-1893                                     Heavy snow Blackheath, Katoomba, Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No  
  30-Dec-1893                                     Snow falling on Blue Mountains West Coast Times No  
1894 6-Jun-1894   2.5                                 Blackheath - snow from 7am to 10 am. 1 Inch Sydney Morning Herald No  
  9-Jun-1894   2.5                                 1 inch snow at Blackheath Sydney Mail No  
  21-Jul-1894                       30             "Snow fell at Intervals" at Katoomba, 1ft at Oberon Sydney Mail No  
  1-Aug-1894                                     Heavy fall of snow at Blackheath overnight Sydney Morning Herald No  
  21-Sep-1894                                     Snow and Hail at Lawson Sydney Morning Herald No  
1895 11-Jun-1895                       2.5             Sleet Lawson, light snow Lithgow, Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No  
  23-Jul-1895                                     Snow Bathurst, Glen Innes, Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No  
  24-Sep-1895                                     Snow Kangaroo Mt - Berry, Forbes Sydney Morning Herald No  
  24-Dec-1895                                     Snow Oberon few days before Christmas Sydney Morning Herald No  
1896 2-Jun-1896                                     Not specific - "Fall of snow" at Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  23-Jun-1886             15                       6 inches at Lawson, Snow Mittagong Sydney Morning Herald No  
  23-Jun-1896                                     Fine Snow Dubbo, Report snow Parramatta Sydney Morning Herald No  
  24-Jun-1896                                     5 to 9 inches - drifts at Lawson 3 to 4 feet The Western Australian No  
  24-Jun-1896                                     Roads blocked beyond Lawson, Heavy snow Grey River Argus No  
  24-Jun-1896         30                 30         1 foot at Mt Vic, snow Lawson, Mudgee, Gulgong Sydney Morning Herald No  
  27-Jun-1896     30       30             17         1 foot at Katoomba, 3 to 4 ft drifts, snowed 7hrs The Mercury No 39
  26-Sep-1896                                     Slight fall of snow at Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
1897 21-May-1887                                     Not specific - "snow higher up the Mt" from Lawson Sydney Morning Herald No  
  13-Jul-1897                                     Light snow at Mt Vic, Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  19-Aug-1897                       7.5             3 inches at Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  3-Nov-1897                                     Sleet / Snow at Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No  
1898 25-May-1898                                     Few snow flakes at Lawson, sleet Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  22-Jul-1898                     12               Snow Mt Victoria, 5 inches Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  25-Jul-1898         5                           2 inches snow at Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  4-Aug-1898                                     Snow at Lawson, Heavy at Katoomba, Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No  
  30-Nov-1898                                     Snow Oberon (Edith and Cave Hill - Mt Trickett?) Sydney Morning Herald No  
1899 14-Jun-1899                                     Snow Armidale, Gulgong Sydney Morning Herald No  
  20-Jul-1899     7.5   7.5                           3 inches Mt Vic, Snow Blackheath, Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  9-Aug-1899                                     Snow Oberon, Bathurst Sydney Morning Herald No  
  2-Oct-1899                                     Light snow overnight Sydney Morning Herald No  
  18-Oct-1899                                     Snow fall thickly at Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  27-Oct-1899                                     Heavy Snow Robertson, Snow Dapto Sydney Morning Herald No  
Year Event Date- Newspaper Article Date BM BH KT MB MV WF LA LE LI BA OR OB SC ST G/NT SB HU OT Amount snow, report, interesting fact Reference Link Newspaper or other Photos ? / Video Years between 30+ cm BM event
1900 17-Apr-00                                     Not specific - snow at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  26-Jun-00                                     4 inches snow at Shooters Hill Sydney Morning Herald No  
  06-Jul-00 45                                   "..18 inches snow on Blue Mountains" Hawera & Normanby Star No 4
  06-Jul-00                   37                 "Record snowfall on Blue Mts", 15 inches Bathurst Nelson Evening Mail No  
  06-Jul-00         45                           18 Inches snow at Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  07-Jul-00                     30               "Heaviest fall know" at Katoomba, 4 inches Parkes Sydney Morning Herald No  
  09-Jul-00                                     4 ft snow between Bathurst & Blue Mts Colonist No  
  09-Jul-00     30               30               Snow Lithgow, Bathurst area 22 inches The Argus No  
  10-Jul-00                                     Not Specific - Barton Deaths - snow at Katoomba Taranaki Herald NZ No  
  10-Jul-00                       30 75           Parkes 4 inches snow Sydney Morning Herald No  
  13-Jul-00                                     Broken tree branches at Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  19-Jul-00                                     Not specific - heavy snow Katoomba Waimate Daily Advertiser No  
  21-Jul-00                                     Snow Oberon, Lithgow and Mittagong Sydney Morning Herald No  
  09-Aug-00                                     Heavy snowstorm at Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
1901 19-Jun-01                                     Several inches at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  24-Jun-01                       45             18 Inches of snow at Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  30-Jul-01   5     7.5       12         12 15       2 to 3 inches at Blackheath, Snow Kurrajong Hts Sydney Morning Herald No  
  24-Aug-01         2.5           7.5               Light fall Blackheath, 1 inch Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  29-Aug-01         2.5       5   7.5               Light fall snow at Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
  01-Oct-01                                     Light snow Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  02-Oct-01                                     A few flakes at Lawson, Snow Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
1902 25-Aug-02                                     Light falls Katoomba, Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
1903 09-Jun-03                                     Snow falls at Blackheath, didn't settle Sydney Morning Herald No  
1904 14-Jun-04                                     Snow fall at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  02-Jul-04                                     Snow at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
1905 11-May-05                                     Snow at Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  31-Jul-05                                     Snowfalls Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  31-Aug-05                                     Snow at Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  07-Sep-05                                     Snow reported Sydney City The Advertiser No  
  08-Sep-05   7.5                                 3 inches snow Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
  20-Sep-05   30 15   20             30             12 inches Blackheath, 6 in. Kat, 8 in. Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No 5
  20-Sep-05   25 15                 30             10 inches Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
  26-Sep-05         5                           2 inches Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  24-Oct-05                                     Sleet Mt Vic, Snow Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  01-Nov-05                                     Snow Oberon and Guyra Sydney Morning Herald No  
1906 30-Jun-06                                     Not specific, snow at Katoomba, light fall Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No  
  18-Jul-06                                     Snow falling Blackheath, Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  21-Jul-06                                     Snow falling Blackheath, Kat, Mt Vic at 9am Sydney Morning Herald No  
  24-Jul-06                                     Not specific - snow Blackheath, Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  03-Aug-06                                     Snow Lithgow Sydney Morning Herald No  
  05-Oct-06                                     A little snow Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  06-Nov-06                                     Snow Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
1907 20-Jun-07                       7.5             3 inches of "snow water" at Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
  08-Jul-07                                     Heavy snow falls Sunny Corner Sydney Morning Herald No  
  17-Jul-07                                     Not specific - snow at Katoomba  Sydney Mail No  
1908 ??-??-1908                                     Photo only - Katoomba snow flickr Yes - Katoomba milk cart  
  24-Jun-08                         30           Snow Mt Vic, below freezing all day Sydney Morning Herald No  
  01-Aug-08                                     A little snow from the south at Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  04-Aug-08                       22             9 inches of snow in 4 hours at Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  15-Sep-08                       5             Snow at Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  22-Sep-08                       10 15           Snow at Blackheath, light snow at Lawson Sydney Morning Herald No  
1909 29-Jul-09                                     Not specific - snow Mt Victoria and Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  31-Jul-09                       7.5             Snowstorm Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  03-Aug-09                       7.5             Mt Vic - light fall of snow Sydney Morning Herald No  
  04-Aug-09         7.5           2.5 15             Max temp 31deg F at Sunny Corner Sydney Morning Herald No  
  05-Aug-09                                     Snow Armidale, Orange, Lithgow Sydney Morning Herald No  
  14-Aug-09                                     3 inches Mt Victoria, Snow Lawson Sydney Morning Herald No  
1910 04-Jun-10     7.5                               3 inches snow at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  04-Jun-10     7.5   7.5     5       5             Snow Katoomba, Blackheath   Sydney Morning Herald No  
  18-Jul-10                                     Mt Victoria snow - photo only NSW State Library Yes - Mt Victoria  
  18-Jul-10                                     Clarence snow - photo only NSW State Library Yes - Clarence  
  18-Jul-10                                     Mt Victoria snow - photo only NSW State Library Yes - Mt Victoria  
  18-Jul-10                                     Zig Zag under snow - Photo Only NSW State Library Yes - Zig Zag Rail  
  18-Jul-10                                     Zig Zag under snow - Photo Only NSW State Library Yes - Zig Zag Rail  
  19-Jul-10                                     "108 points of snow", Heavy at Medlow Bath, Kat Sydney Morning Herald Synoptic Chart - Page 8  
  19-Jul-10   61     55             46             Detailed snow depths from BOM document BOM No 5
  19-Jul-10                                     Snow on Train at Sydney Central railway station The Advertiser No  
  20-Jul-10                                     4 feet on railway lines Grey River Argus No  
  21-Jul-10                                     Snow on Blue Mountains visible from Randwick Sydney Morning Herald No  
  22-Jul-10                                     Train Carriage windows broken by snowballers !! Sydney Morning Herald No  
  27-Jul-10   60                                 2 to 3 ft in Blackheath, lots of photos Sydney Mail Yes - Lots - Blackheath  
  09-Aug-10                                     Snow still on road between Blackheath & Mt Vic The Argus No  
  26-Aug-10                                     Not specific - Snow started 9pm at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  12-Oct-10                                     Heavy snow Sunny Corner Sydney Morning Herald No  
1911 09-Jun-11                                     Snow at Katoomba 1 hour from 1pm Sydney Morning Herald No  
1912 30-Aug-12                                     Not specific - snow reported in Sydney Sydney Morning Herald No  
  30-Aug-12                                     Snow reported Homebush, Ashfield, Stanmore Sydney Morning Herald No  
  21-Sep-12                                     Heavy snow at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
1913 22-Aug-13                                     Snow at Orange The Argus Yes - Synoptic Chart  
1914 29-May-14                                     Not specific - snow Katoomba, Mt Vic, Leura Sydney Morning Herald No  
  18-Jun-14                                     Light snow falls Blue Mountains Sydney Morning Herald No  
  10-Jul-14                                     Snow falling at Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
1915 10-Jun-15                                     Not specific - snow Blackheath, Kat, Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No  
  29-Jun-15                                     Heavy snow at Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
1916 05-Aug-16                                     Photo only - Katoomba snow flickr Yes - Katoomba St  
  24-Jun-16                                     Several inches at Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
1917 10-Apr-17                                     "Fall of snow at Blackheath" Sydney Morning Herald 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 Sydney Morning Herald No  
1918 19-Jul-18                                     Not specific - snow at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
1919 09-Jul-19                                     "A good deal of Snow", Mt Vic/GWH Photo Sydney Mail Yes - GWH Mt Victoria  
  28-Aug-19                                     Not specific - Snow Blackheath, Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  01-Sep-19                                     Snow reported at Strathfield Sydney Morning Herald No  
  11-Sep-19                                     First report of snow at Wollongong Sydney Morning Herald No  
1920 28-Jan-20                                     Snow falling Oberon - 1st instance of snow in Jan Sydney Morning Herald No  
  29-Jan-20                                     Not specific - snow Blue Mts The Argus No  
1921 1-Aug-21                                     2 foot snow on Canobolas, snow at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  4-Aug-21                                     Snow inches deep Katoomba, Kat falls frozen Sydney Morning Herald No  
1922 ??-Jun-1922                                     Snow Katoomba - Photo only Museum Victoria Yes - Katoomba  
  1-Jul-22     5                               2 inches at Katoomba, Heavy Snow Medlow Bath Sydney Morning Herald No  
  3-Jul-22                                     Not specific, snow at Katoomba, Medlow Bath Sydney Morning Herald No  
  4-Jul-22         7.5                           3 inches at Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
1923 27-Jun-23     10           2.5                   Not Specific - Snow Katoomba, 1 inch Lithgow Sydney Morning Herald No  
  27-Jun-23     10                               Heavy snow Blackheath, 4 inches snow at Kat Sydney Morning Herald No  
  11-Jul-23   10                                 4 inches snow Blackheath, snow also Leura Sydney Morning Herald No  
  6-Aug-23                     10               4 inches snow Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  7-Aug-23   30 45     30     18         2.5 10       12 inches snow Blackheath, 18 inches Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald Synoptic Chart - Page 11 13
  16-Aug-23                                     Not specific - snow at Katoomba  The Argus No  
  15-Sep-23                                     Light fall snow at Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
  17-Sep-23                                     Heavy fall of snow at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
Year Event Date- Newspaper Article Date BM BH KT MB MV WF LA LE LI BA OR OB SC ST G/NT SB HU OT Amount snow, report, interesting fact Reference Link Newspaper or other Photos ? / Video Years between 30+ cm BM event
1924 7-Jun-24                                     Not specific - snow Blue Mts The Argus No  
1925 7-Jul-25                                     Fall of snow at Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
  21-Jul-25                                     Heavy fall Blackheath starting 9pm Sydney Morning Herald No  
  4-Aug-25                                     Snow falls at Blackheath & Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  15-Aug-24                                     Snow at intervals in Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
  18-Sep-25                                     Not specific - snowfalls Katoomba, Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No  
  29-Sep-25                       7.5             Not specific - snow at Katoomba, Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No  
  1-Oct-25                                     Proposal for Snow Resort on Barrington Tops Sydney Morning Herald No  
1926 28-Jul-26                                     Snow at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  4-Aug-26                                     Snow on Blue Mountains, Photo snow at Orange Sydney Mail Yes - Orange only  
1927 31-Mar-27                                     Snow reported Sydney Sydney Morning Herald No  
  27-May-27                                     First snow of year at Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  30-May-27                                     Snow reported at Marrickville Sydney Sydney Morning Herald No  
  9-Jul-27     10                               Light snow Blackheath, 4 inches Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  11-Jul-27                       15             Snow at Oberon - 6 inches Sydney Morning Herald No  
  26-Sep-27                                     Not specific - fall of snow Blue Mts Sydney Morning Herald No  
1928 22-Jun-28                                     Not specific - snowing at Katoomba at 3PM Sydney Morning Herald No  
  23-Jun-28                                     Snow Bathurst, Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  6-Jul-28                                     Snow Storm in Blue Mountains Sydney Morning Herald No  
  25-Jul-28                                     Several inches at Medlow Bath, Snow Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  26-Jul-28                                     Not specific - heavy snowfall at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  26-Jul-28   30 20                               Snow Katoomba 8 Inches, Blackheath 1 foot Sydney Morning Herald No  
  26-Jul-28                                     3 to 4 feet in drifts at Katoomba Canberra Times No  
  27-Jul-28                                     Blackheath Park, Medlow Bath railway under snow Sydney Morning Herald Yes - Blackheath Park  
  27-Jul-28                                     Blackheath Park Photo Sydney Morning Herald Yes - Blackheath Park  
  27-Jul-28                                     Report of snow ball fights in Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  4-Aug-28                                 60   Over 2 feet on Barrington Tops Sydney Morning Herald No  
  14-Sep-28                                     Snow fell for a few minutes in Canberra The Argus No  
1929 25-Jun-29                                     Not specific - heavy falls of snow Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
  25-Jun-29                                     Snow in Canberra - settled in some places Canberra Times No  
  29-Jul-29                           13         Heavy snow Canberra Canberra Times No  
  ??-??-1929                                     Snow Canberra - Canberra House - Photo National Archives Yes - Canberra  
  30-Jul-29                                     Heavy Falls, Katoomba, Wentworth Falls Sydney Morning Herald No  
  30-Jul-29                                     Photos snowman Katoomba Police station Sydney Morning Herald Yes - Snowman Katoomba  
  26-Aug-29                                     All of Blue Mts covered Sydney Morning Herald No  
  26-Aug-29                                     Heavy snow Canberra Canberra Times No  
  26-Aug-29                                     Widespread snow over NSW Sydney Morning Herald No  
  28-Aug-29                                     Photo only - Canberra under snow Canberra Times Yes - Canberra  
  2-Sep-29                                     Not specific - snow at Katoomba  The Argus No  
  10-Sep-29     75   45 22     30                   2.5 feet at Katoomba, 18 inches at Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald Yes-Went F, Pg 21, Cht 22 6
  11-Sep-29     75   22 22     30                   Reports of snow flakes Sydney, Snow Went Falls Sydney Morning Herald No  
  27-Nov-29                                     Snowfall at Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
1930 10-Jun-30                                     Light falls Blackheath, Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  4-Aug-30                                     Not specific - Snow had fallen at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  16-Sep-30                                     Snow Oberon Sydney Morning Herald Synoptic Chart  
1931 7-Jul-31   30                                 1 foot - Heavy fall Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald Synoptic Chart Page 13 2
  8-Jul-31                                     Synoptic chart - East Coast Low Sydney Morning Herald Synoptic Chart  
  14-Jul-31                                     Not specific - falls at Blackheath, Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  24-Aug-31                                     Not specific - light falls of snow Sydney Morning Herald No  
  5-Sep-31                                     Not specific - heavy snowstorm Blue Mts Canberra Times No  
  5-Sep-31   15                       15         6 inches at Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
  12-Sep-31                                     Snow and Hail at Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
1932 18-Jun-32                       45             Not specific - light falls - Katoomba, Medlow Bath Sydney Morning Herald No  
  15-Aug-32                                     Not specific - heavy snowstorm Katoomba The Argus No  
  15-Aug-32                                     Light snow Canberra  Canberra Times No  
  15-Aug-32                                     Snow Mt Vic, started 5pm, ground covered by 8pm Sydney Morning Herald No  
  16-Aug-31                                     Heavy snow Sunny Corner Sydney Morning Herald No  
  22-Oct-32                                     Late November snow Bathurst and Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
1933 27-Jun-33                                     Several Inchews thick at Oberon, Sunny Corner Sydney Morning Herald No  
  3-Aug-33                                     Not specific - snow Blue Mts Canberra Times No  
  3-Aug-33                                     2 light falls in Canberra, morning and afternoon Canberra Times No  
  3-Aug-33                                     Steady Snow Blackheath Went Falls, Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  4-Aug-33                                     Not specific - snow Blue Mts Canberra Times No  
  24-Aug-33                                     Not specific - heavy falls at Blackheath Canberra Times No  
  24-Aug-33                                     Few flakes in Canberra in afternoon Canberra Times No  
  9-Sep-33                                     Snow on Blue Mts Sydney Morning Herald No  
1934 7-Jul-34                       7.5             3 inches in Oberon district Canberra Times No  
  3-Sep-34                                     Snow fall on Blue Mts for 30 mins Sydney Morning Herald No  
  2-Oct-34                                     Not specific - heavy snow at Katoomba Canberra Times No  
  2-Oct-34                                     Substantial snowfalls Blackheath, Kat, Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No  
1935 17-Apr-35                                     Snow at Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  22-Jun-35                                     Snow at Orange Canberra Times No  
  25-Jun-35                                     Not specific - snow Mt Victoria Canberra Times No  
  25-Jun-35                                     Snow fell 3/4 hour in Canberra - didn't settle Canberra Times No  
  4-Jul-35                                     Not specific - snowfalls on Blue Mts Sydney Morning Herald No  
  5-Aug-35                                 45   18 inches on Barrington Tops, Snow Glenn Innes Sydney Morning Herald No  
  5-Aug-35                 7.5                   Not specific - heavy snow - Blue Mts Sydney Morning Herald No  
1936 9-Apr-36                                     Snow Oberon, Lithgow Sydney Morning Herald no  
  21-Apr-36                                     Snow Blue Mts and Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  25-Jun-36                     7.5               Heavy snow Blackheath, sheets frozen on lines Sydney Morning Herald No  
  25-Jun-36                                     Non settling snow Canberra Canberra Times No  
  26-Jun-36                                     Not specific - snow Blue Mts The Age No  
  23-Jul-36                                     Snow Oberon and Lithgow districts Sydney Morning Herald No  
  1-Sep-36                                     Snow Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  26-Sep-36                                     Slight non settling falls Blackheath, Medlow Bath Sydney Morning Herald No  
1937 2-Jun-37                                     Not specific - snow at Blackheath Canberra Times No  
  5-Jul-37                                     Light Snow Oberon, Light flakes Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  6-Jul-37     10                               3 to 4 inches in Katoomba Canberra Times No  
  6-Jul-37                                     Inches of snow at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  6-Jul-37                                     Photo only - train at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald Yes - Katoomba Train  
  13-Jul-37                                     Snow Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  19-Jul-37                                     Not specific - snow remaining earlier in week Sydney Morning Herald No  
  4-Aug-37                                     Light snow at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  23-Aug-37                                     Snow Oberon, Lithgow Bathurst & Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  11-Sep-37                                     Heavy falls, Katoomba, Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  21-Sep-37                                     Snow Katoomba, Blackheath for 3/4 hour Sydney Morning Herald No  
1938 10-Jun-38                                     Few flakes at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  21-Jun-38                                     Snow at Oberon, Guyra Sydney Morning Herald No  
  29-Jun-38                                     Light snow Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  30-Jul-38                                     Heavy snowfall in afternoon at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald Yes - Katoomba  
  1-Aug-38                     15               Snow at Katoomba, melted quickly Sydney Morning Herald No  
  9-Aug-38                                     Snow Katoomba, Mt Vic. Reports flakes in Sydney Sydney Morning Herald No  
  9-Aug-38                                     Light snow Canberra, Heavy in Queenbeyan Canberra Times No  
  29-Aug-38                       5             Fleeting snow on Blue Mts Sydney Morning Herald No  
  24-Sep-38                                     Snow heavy at Katoomba and Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
1939 5-Jul-39                                     Very light snow fall at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  25-Jul-39                                     Snow on Canobolas 1 foot thick Sydney Morning Herald No  
  26-Jul-39                                     Photo - snow Mt Canobolas Sydney Morning Herald Yes - Mt Canobolas  
  12-Aug-39                                     Several inches at Medlow Bath Sydney Morning Herald Yes - Plus photos page 20  
  12-Aug-39                                     Falls at Blackheath, Katoomba, Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald Yes - Medlow Bath  
  14-Aug-39                                     Several inches at Medlow Bath Sydney Morning Herald Yes - Medlow Bath  
  7-Nov-39                                     Snow in Katoomba, Blackheath, Mt Victoria. Sydney Morning Herald No  
1940 11-Jul-40                                     Snow falling heavy Blackheath, Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  4-Sep-40     1.3                               1/2 inch snow Katoomba. Snow Blackheath, Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No  
Year Event Date- Newspaper Article Date BM BH KT MB MV WF LA LE LI BA OR OB SC ST G/NT SB HU OT Amount snow, report, interesting fact Reference Link Newspaper or other Photos ? / Video Years between 30+ cm BM event
1941 3-Jun-41                                     Snow started Katoomba 10am - didn't settle much Sydney Morning Herald No  
  11-Jun-41                                     Snow Oberon, Guyra, Glen Innes Sydney Morning Herald No  
  23-Jul-41                                     Snow reported Observatory Hill, York St Sydney Canberra Times No  
  6-Aug-41                                     15 min fall snow in Canberra Canberra Times No  
  13-Aug-41                                     Heavy Snow at Kat, snow on ground next day Sydney Morning Herald Yes - Katoomba  
  12-Sep-41                                     Snow Orange and Guyra Sydney Morning Herald No  
  17-Sep-41                                     Not specific - falls of snow at Katoomba, Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No  
1942 29-Jun-42                                     Not specific - Snow at Katoomba, large flakes Sydney Morning Herald No  
  6-Jul-42                                     Sleet fell Canberra Canberra Times No  
  8-Jul-42                                     Not specific - Snow at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  2-Sep-42                                     A few flakes in Canberra - didn't settle Canberra Times No  
  23-Oct-42     5   5                           2 inches at Katoomba and Mt Victoria Canberra Times No  
1943 18-May-43   7.5     7.5                           3 inches Blackheath, Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  3-Jun-43                                     Not specific - Snow at Katoomba, Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No  
  23-Jun-43                                     Snow Oberon and Guyra Sydney Morning Herald No  
  23-Jun-43                                     Snow flakes in Canberra Canberra Times No  
  24-Jun-43                             2.5       Light falls at Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
  6-Jul-43                                     Feet deep in drifts at Katoomba, Mt Victoria Canberra Times No  
  6-Jul-43                                     Snow at Blackheath Sydney Morning Herald No  
  3-Aug-43     2.5             7.5 7.5               1 inch at Katoomba Canberra Times No  
  3-Aug-43                                     Snow fall for 3 hours, Lawson to Lithgow The Argus No  
  4-Aug-43     2.5                 30             1 inch at Katoomba, 1 foot at Oberon Sydney Morning Herald No  
  5-Aug-43                                     A few flakes in Canberra - didn't settle Canberra Times No  
  6-Aug-43                                     Snow still falling at Blackheath Canberra Times No  
1944 4-May-44                                     Not specific - snow at Katoomba Canberra Times No  
  4-May-44                                     Snow Blackheath, Katoomba, Mt Victoria Sydney Morning Herald No  
  5-May-44                                     Not specific - snow Blue Mts Canberra Times No  
  18-Sep-44     20                               8 Inches snow at Katoomba. Snow at Lawson Sydney Morning Herald No  
  18-Sep-44                                     Light falls of Snow in Canberra Canberra Times no  
  19-Sep-44                                     Not specific - snow in shade at Katoomba Canberra Times No  
1945 14-Jul-45     5                               2 inches Katoomba, report snow Sydney Sydney Morning Herald No  
  16-Jul-45 7.5                                   1 to 3 inches on Blue Mountains Sydney Morning Herald No  
  21-Jul-45                                     Not specific - slight fall at Blackheath Canberra Times No  
  23-Jul-45                                     Not specific - snow falls at Blackheath, Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
1946 18-May-46                     4               1 1/2 inches at Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  6-Jun-46                                     Snow Blackheath, Mt Vic starting 4pm Sydney Morning Herald No  
  20-Jun-46                                     Sleet and rain at Katoomba Canberra Times No  
  20-Jun-46                                     Little snow at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  18-Jul-46   7.5     7.5                           3 inches at Blackheath Canberra Times No  
  26-Jul-46                                     Not specific - snow Blackheath, Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  17-Aug-46                                     Light snow Canberra for about 25 minutes Canberra Times No  
  9-Sep-46                             15       Light falls at Katoomba Canberra Times No  
  23-Sep-46                                     Not specific - light snow Katoomba Canberra Times No  
1947 13-Jun-47                                     Fall of snow Mt Victoria Canberra Times No  
  17-Jul-47                                     Not specific - snow at Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald No  
  29-Jul-47                                     Snow fall Bathurst, Orange, Oberon areas Sydney Morning Herald No  
  30-Jul-47         15                           Not specific - light snow Blue Mountains Sydney Morning Herald No  
  16-Aug-47                                     Not specific - light falls Blue Mts Canberra Times No  
  16-Aug-47                                     Snow in Canberra - settled in some places Canberra Times no  
  25-Aug-47                           15         Not specific - heavy falls Blackheath, Katoomba Sydney Morning Herald Yes - Katoomba Snowman  
  25-Aug-47   13 7.5   13                           5 inches Blackheath, 3 inches Katoomba Canberra Times No  
1948 15-Apr-48                                     Heavy sleet and light snow - Blackheath, Katoomba Canberra Times No  
  23-Apr-48                                     Heavy Snow - Blackheath, Katoomba, Mt Vic Sydney Morning Herald No  
  31-May-48                                     Snow Orange Sydney Morning Herald No  
  7-Jul-48                                     Not specific - light snow  at Katoomba Canberra Times No  
  24-Aug-48                                     Snow reported Parkes, Dubbo Sydney Morning Herald No  
  24-Aug-48                                     Not specific - snow Mt Victoria Canberra Times No  
  25-Aug-48                                     Not specific - "further snowfalls at Katoomba" Canberra Times No  
  25-Aug-48                                     Snow in Canberra   Canberra Times No  
  ??-??-1948                                     Skier outside Parliament House Canberra - Photo National Archives Yes - Canberra  
  2-Sep-48                                     Not specific - light snow falls Katoomba, Mt Vic Canberra Times No  
  12-Oct-48                                     Light falls - didn't settle - Katoomba, Blackheath Canberra Times No  
1949 7-May-49                                     Not specific - snow at Blackheath, Katoomba Canberra Times No  
  4-Jun-49