{"id":350685,"date":"2026-03-27T14:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/350685\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:18:16","slug":"surreal-feeling-as-snow-falls-in-march-across-parts-of-new-south-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/350685\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Surreal’ feeling as snow falls in March across parts of New South Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lani Oataway and Tim Fookes, ABC<\/p>\n

\"Temperatures<\/p>\n

\nTemperatures dropped close to zero as snow blanketed Mount Canobolas, near Orange, on Friday morning.
\nPhoto: Supplied \/ Christine Wade\n<\/p>\n

The Southern Hemisphere is still in the first month of autumn, but snow is already falling in parts of New South Wales.<\/p>\n

Temperatures have dropped to single digits across much of south-eastern Australia, with some areas in the Central and Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains plunging below zero.<\/p>\n

Property owners in the regions of Orange and Millthorpe woke this morning to snow falling on their lawns.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Black, who lives at Springside near Orange, said watching the sun rise through snowflakes was bizarre.<\/p>\n

“It was really surreal,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Normally I would go out there and go, ‘Oh this is amazing, winter wonderland’.<\/p>\n

“But given yesterday was about 26 degrees, it just felt really odd.”<\/p>\n

\"There<\/p>\n

\nThere has been enough snow to make a snowman in parts of NSW.
\nPhoto: Supplied \/ Snowy Hydro\n<\/p>\n

Black said it was the first time snow had fallen on his property in March.<\/p>\n

“It was a little bit dark when I started making the kids’ lunches. I looked out the window and thought, ‘Is that rain? It’s pretty thick,'” he said.<\/p>\n

“I stepped outside and it was just flakes of snow.<\/p>\n

“As the light came up it just got fluffier and heavier.”<\/p>\n

Nearby in Huntley, resident Russell Squire said he also felt surprised by the weather.<\/p>\n

\"Snow<\/p>\n

\nSnow falling on Mt Canobolas.
\nPhoto: Supplied \/ Christine Wade\n<\/p>\n

“It looked more like winter time,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It was floating down trees and just drifting around so it’s quite beautiful.”<\/p>\n

Records could be broken<\/p>\n

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Kate Doyle said some areas in southern NSW could see temperature records broken.<\/p>\n

\"Paddocks<\/p>\n

\nPaddocks at Springside NSW had a blanket of snow on Friday morning.
\nPhoto: Supplied \/ Dougal Munro\n<\/p>\n

“Some of our locations are expecting their coldest March day on record today,” she said.<\/p>\n

“It’s looking like we’ve got some snow down to about 1400 metres with the possibility of some of those falls south of Orange and the Oberon ranges.<\/p>\n

“So rug up.”<\/p>\n

Temperatures in Orange fell to 0.6 degrees Celsius this morning, with a maximum of 10 degrees forecast for later today.<\/p>\n

“Certainly the cool change has made its presence felt,” Doyle said.<\/p>\n

The Caboone Shire Council said access to the summit of Mount Canobolas, in the state’s Central West, had been closed after 10 centimetres of snow fell on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

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