It may have been the start of Spring this week but someone forgot to tell the weather gods.
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After a mild start to the week, we were plunged back into winter just a day later when a cold front passed through the Northern Tablelands on Tuesday afternoon.
The change arrived with strong gusty winds and several showers of soft hail (sometimes referred to as sago snow) during the afternoon and evening.
In the early hours of Wednesday September 3 there were light snow showers with a patchy cover on the ground at sunrise, which melted soon after 9am.
There were reports of light coverage on the ground at Ben Lomond and Black Mountain. Light snow fell in the afternoon at Ebor with a heavier fall around 8 – to 9pm.
Heavier falls were reported further south at Bendemeer, Nundle and Hanging Rock where 7-8cm fell.
Falls were also reported in the Blue Mountains and there were reports of up to 20cm in the Barrington Tops.
The snow comes after a drier than normal winter that ended on a positive note with rainfall totalling 79.0 mm. All of the falls came in the second half of the month.
