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A front is bringing blustery winds and showers to Tas and the odd shower to southeast SA and southern Vic. Showers for far northeast Qld in moist onshore winds. A strong high is keeping elsewhere dry with gusty SE winds, leading to a cold and frosty night across southern Aus.
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Today, 6:01AM UTC
July snow prospects fading for Australian Alps
The lean 2026 snow season looks set to continue for the rest of July, with forecast models playing down prospects of any heavy snow over at least the coming week. But there is still hope on the horizon. Slow start to 2026 snow season Australia’s mainland alpine area has received well-below-average snow so far this season. This was caused by a lack of strong cold fronts and a dominance of high pressure systems near southeastern Australia. The influence of a strengthening El Niño in the tropical Pacific Ocean has also likely contributed to lower-than-average precipitation in recent weeks. Image: Mean sea level pressure anomaly during June 2026, showing unusually high pressure over the Tasman Sea and eastern/southeastern Australia. Source: ClimateReanalyzer.org How much snow is on the ground? Despite a bout of decent snow in Tasmania and a dusting in parts of Victoria on Thursday into Friday morning, snow cover is running well below average across the Alps. There is some snow at higher elevations, but most low-lying areas of Australia's alpine region currently have no snow on the ground. The natural snow depth at Spencers Creek in NSW – which sits at 1830 m above sea level between Perisher and Thredbo – was 68 cm on July 21 this year. This is well below average for this time of year and the lowest depth since 2015 for this point in the season. On average, there is usually around 100 cm of snow on the ground at Spencers Creek in the middle of July. By late July, measurements at Spencers Creek average around 120 cm. Image: Enhanced satellite image captured on July 17, 2026, showing snow in red. Source: NASA Worldview / Terra. Is there snow on the way? Earlier this week, computer models were hinting at a strong cold front bringing good snowfalls to the Australian Alps next week. Unfortunately, this system is now expected to be a clipper – a fast-moving system that tracks quickly without lingering long enough to drop significant precipitation. This means next week’s system will most likely pass over southeastern Australia too quickly to deliver much snow in the Alps. There is still a chance the models will change again and increase the prospects for snow next week. However, at this stage, it looks like there won’t be much natural snow over the mainland Alps in the final week of July. Looking further ahead, the presence of a strengthening El Niño increases the likelihood that southeastern Australia will see below-average precipitation and above-average temperatures in August and into spring. This combination does not bode well for snow. On a more positive note, there is still plenty of time left for snow to fall in the Australian Alps this year. The average season peak depth at Spencers Creek usually occurs between late August and mid-September. Check the Weatherzone snow page for the latest snow forecasts in the coming months.
Today, 1:22AM UTC
Sub-zero minimums in seven states and territories
Every Australian state and territory except the Northern Territory experienced sub-zero minimums overnight, with a lowest recorded nationwide reading of -7°C at Thredbo Top Station. Six states or territories had minimums of -3°C or lower, with the chilly night occurring in clear, dry, mostly calm conditions that followed a polar airmass crossing southeastern Australia on Thursday. Frost near the coast A frosty morning was on the breakfast weather menu not just for residents of inland regions, but for people in many low-lying locations situated not too far from the coast. For example, the mercury fell to -0.5°C at Richmond in northwestern Sydney. This was the first sub-zero temperature recorded in the Sydney basin this year. Image: 24-hour observations for Richmond, NSW, on the Weatherzone app. Moruya Airport on the NSW South Coast is located a stone’s throw behind the sand dunes of a surf beach, yet the mercury there still went as low as -0.6°C. Meanwhile downtown Sydney had its coldest night to date in 2026, with a low of 7.1°C at the city’s Observatory Hill weather station. In South Australia, several weather stations in very close proximity to the coastline shivered through temperatures around zero, including Port Pirie Airport (-0.2°C). Overnight lows for each state and territory The lowest officially recorded temperature in each state and territory to 9 am this Friday, July 24, was: NSW -7.0°C at Thredbo Top Station ACT -6.0°C at Mt Ginini VIC -5.7°C at Mt Hotham TAS -4.7°C at kunanyi/Mt Wellington WA -4.4°C at Salmon Gums SA -3.4°C at Yunta and Yongala QLD -1.2°C at Applethorpe NT 5.9°C at Alice Springs Airport Snow falls to low levels in Tasmania Tasmania was at its most picturesque on Thursday and Friday after snow fell briefly to as low as 300 or 400 metres on Thursday, settling in a thick blanket at higher elevations. Image: A snowy scene in the vicinity of Cradle Mountain (the mountain itself was obscured by cloud) on July 23, 2026. Source: @damobozo / Threads The Tasmanian town of Sheffield is located at just 280 metres above sea level, and you didn’t have to gaze up too high in the hills behind town to see the snowline. Image: Sheffield, Tasmania on July 23, 2026. Source: @tasmanians_trips / Threads Meanwhile around 2 to 5 centimetres of snow fell at the alpine resorts on the mainland. While that freshened the surface, it didn’t make a huge difference to the depth of the overall snowpack. The good news is that several nights of ideal snowmaking conditions appear likely until at least early next week. Check the Weatherzone snow page for the latest forecasts, live cams and more.
23 Jul 2026, 1:43AM UTC
‘Feels like’ temperature of -20°C at midday as Antarctic blast chills Tasmania
Bitterly cold winds are chilling Tasmania and the far southeastern mainland this Thursday, as a frigid airmass which originated near Antarctica crosses the region. Due to the combination of cold air and strong winds associated with this system, some of the apparent or “feels like” temperatures in Tasmania were bone-chillingly low throughout Thursday morning and even the middle of the day. The "feels-like" temperature accounts for humidity and wind to represent how hot or cold it actually feels, whereas "ambient temperature" is the actual air temperature measured by a thermometer. How cold did it feel in Tasmania and the southern mainland on Thursday? At midday, the 1271-metre summit of kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart had an ambient temperature of -3.2°C, but mean wind speeds around 76 km/h made for an apparent temperature of -20.1°C. At 9:30 am in downtown Hobart, the ambient temperature was 6.7°C but winds around 30 km/h meant that it felt like -1.2°C. At 9 am, the notoriously windy Maatsuyker Island on Tasmania’s southwestern tip had an ambient temperature of 7.3°C and an apparent temperature of -13.8°C (due to mean wind speeds exceeding 100 km/h), which was impressively cold for a weather station located on cliffs beside the sea. At 10:50 am, the tiny Tasmanian Central Highlands town of Liawenee had an ambient temperature of -0.8°C, with an apparent temperature of -10.5°C. On the mainland, Mt William – the highest point in the Grampians in southwestern Victoria (summit 1167 m, weather station at 1150 m) – had an ambient temperature of -0.7°C and an apparent temperature of -8.5°C. Image: Four-hour combined radar and satellite loop for Tasmania and the SE mainland to 11 am (AEST) on Thursday, July 23 2026. Source: Weatherzone. How much rain and snow has fallen? The satellite and radar loop above shows how Tasmania has caught most of the moisture from this system while the southeast mainland has largely missed out on significant precipitation, with the exception of the southernmost parts of Victoria. In the 24 hours to 9 am Thursday, Wonthaggi in Victoria’s South Gippsland region received 23 mm, while several western Tasmanian locations exceeded 25 mm. Widespread snowfalls have also been reported in Tasmania on Wednesday night into Thursday morning, with the snow level expected to drop as low as 300 metres above sea level today. That could mean flakes falling in Hobart’s highest suburbs. Image: The scene near the summit of kunanyi/Mt Wellington just before 11:30 am. Source: hobartcity.com.au. Unfortunately, the mainland alpine region has only seen a dusting of snow thus far with this system, and while snow showers persist this Thursday, only a centimetre or two of fresh snow is likely to augment the moderate existing snow cover at most ski resorts. As mentioned in our story on Wednesday, there are signs of a much snowier system for the mainland alpine region next week, and we’ll keep you informed about that one as the models update. Please check the Weatherzone snow page for the latest forecasts, live cam images and more.