A photograph uncovered in the City of Sydney Archives recently appears to show frost or snow in Sydney in the 1870s. It got Lisa thinking coolly about snow in Sydney and this morning on 2SER breakfast with Tim Higgins, she shared some of her discoveries. One of the biggest falls was in June 1836, when it snowed in Sydney for half an hour in the morning. There was snow on the roof tops and the boys were making snow balls and fighting in the street. There was a slight snow fall in 1837, making some believe that snow falls in Sydney were an annual event. Sadly, this was not the case. The Blue Mountains reported snow in 1869; we shouldn't be surprised at this. It apparently snowed in Sydney again in 1896, but it was so incidental that very few people even noticed. Canley Vale received light snow in August 1902 when it was described as "resembling clusters of white feathers", and it snowed for a few minutes in Woollahra in 1905. Falls were reported in 1912, and in 1915 there was 10 inches (25 cm) of snow at Mount Victoria.

Sydney became a city of overcoats and radiators in February (!) 1941 when a freakish cold snap hit the city and snow was reported. Snow appeared again in January (!!) 1948 falling for moments at Wynyard! So Sydney is really a hot and cold city. Lisa has created a list of newspaper articles about snow in Trove on the National Library's website, so everyone can dream of snow in Sydney. If she come across more newspaper reports, she promises to add them to the list.