Magical day as snow blankets the tablelands

House covered in snow Sandon Street Photo Emi Brazier

05th Aug 2025

The significant winter weather event which swept across the Northern Tablelands on Saturday, August 2nd, will long be remembered as one of the biggest and best.
The region was blanketed in thick snow, drawing widespread attention and attracting snow chasers to the area.
In Guyra, snow began falling in the early hours of the morning and persisted throughout the day, eventually easing around 5:30pm. The most intense snowfall occurred between 10am and midday.
By late afternoon, snow had accumulated to around 30 centimetres in Guyra — making it one of the most substantial falls recorded since the major event of July 3–4, 1984.
The snow also spread south to Walcha and the Moonbi Range, eastward along the Snowy Range to Ebor, and north to Glen Innes and across the Queensland border into the Granite Belt, where light snow was observed around Stanthorpe.
The snow lingered in Guyra into Sunday, 3rd August, before beginning to melt later in the day.
This significant snowfall was caused by a combination of cold upper-level air over northern New South Wales and moist easterly flow associated with a surface trough.
Unlike a typical cold front, this event was triggered by an upper-level cut-off low to the west and northwest, which allowed a prolonged influx of cold air across the region.
Local weather enthusiast Rodney Wallbridge described the setup as “perfect for snow.”
He noted, “There was heaps of moisture, cold air sitting around 1500 metres, and very little wind below that level. As the rain fell, it pulled more cold air down across a large area. That’s why the snow lasted so long.”
Historical and up to date weather information for Guyra, including snow events can be found at http://www.weatherarmidale.com/guyra.html.
The website is maintained by Peter Burr with local weather data recorded by Jeff Martin.|

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