Australia weather: NSW, VIC, TAS see snow fall amid cold-snap as east coast hit with sudden cold front

Snow has blanketed parts of Australia weeks out from summer. Credit: Madeleinemcvie/TikTok

Parts of the country have been blanketed in snow weeks away from summer as a cold-snap hits the east coast.

Rare November snow fell in parts of New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania.

An overnight cold-front, accompanied by a storm, sent temperatures plummeting in Sydney to 9.7C, making it the coldest November night in 20 years, according to Weatherzone.

Snow fell in Cooma, Jindabyne, and Thredbo in NSW on Saturday evening and continued into Sunday morning.

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Perisher had about 10 centimetres of snow on Sunday morning.

Thredbo Resort’s retail manager Madeleine McVie said the temperatures had been “up and down” for the past few days.

”It certainly was hard to get out of bed, it is very cold down here,” she told ABC News Breakfast on Sunday.

Ms Mcvie said that it was “beautiful” to see the snow.

“Yesterday it started snowing about 4 o’clock in the afternoon,” she said.

“I looked out the window and it was dumping down; big fat, flabby flakes.”

The cold temperatures are expected to stick around until Monday morning.

Cold front brings ‘dramatic’ weekend temperature changes

BOM Meteorologist David Crock said there was a “dramatic change” between Saturday and Sunday for much of the country.

“As the cold front sweeps up the NSW coast throughout Saturday it’s going to bring a pretty dramatic change,” Mr Crock said.

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“Temperatures are nudging 30C in Sydney (on Saturday) but when we see that change it will move in with some really strong, gusty southerly winds.

“A sudden drop in temperature of maybe 10 degrees or so will take place, and there are showers and thunderstorms possible as well.”

A cold front is moving across several states, bringing wintry weather just weeks from the start of summer. Picture Supplied Credit: NewsWire

News24 senior meteorologist Rob Sharpe said it was a cold change from a fairly nice start to the weekend.

“Only 19C, windy with a few showers,” he said.

”So it was chalk and cheese Saturday to Sunday through that Sydney area.”

More storms predicted for Queenslanders on Sunday

Meanwhile, Queenslanders should brace for thunderstorms, especially those living rurally.

“It’s now much colder across south-eastern parts of the country, courtesy of the change,” Mr Sharpe said.

“The continuous journey up into southern Queensland through Sunday brings showers for the New South Wales coast and stormy weather for parts of Queensland and the outback.

”But for south-east Queensland, only the chance of a brief shower on Sunday.”