White Christmas?

I wish to cast on some of the suggestions- 1965, high of 32. 2005, high of 24. 2006- high of 18 (small possibility). 1977- high of 24. Other legends are of a white christmas in the mid-80s. There is officially recorded snow (0.8 inches) in the mid-50’s one christams with a high of 11.2 and a low of 1.2 (I can’t remember exactly which year- check the BOM)

I’ve just returned from three days at Thredbo and the snow is fantastic! No idea how long it will last but the snow is thick on Mt Kosciuszko at the moment. If you’re looking for a white Christmas head up there in the next few days and walk to the top (don’t forget to take your beanie and gloves).

Hmmmm I’ve been here since 1960 and I can recall one day, probably in the 80s, could have been the 70s, when some light dustings of snow reached the ground on Christmas Day.

The fall in 1965 was in August, the heaviest recorded snow in Canberra for decades at least, and about 15cm deep on flat ground and over 30cm where the wind had built it up, that was in Braddon, it would have been more on higher ground of course.

I cannot recall any Christmas day falls in the 60s, and I think people’s recollections have probably been swayed into thinking the heavy fall was on Christmas Day.

Surely someone here knows someone at the Bureau of meteorology who can dig up the facts for us? Please?

My neighbours showed me photos of a snowperson in their front yard on Christmas day – it would have been in the 60s.

It certainly did snow in Canberra one Christmas Day – could have been 1965 or 1977 as people recall. It was more than 25 years ago as I lived in Downer at the time. Another time (not Christmas, 1960s) the snow was deep enough for tobogganing in our street and on the slopes of the War Memorial.

surely you can’t have ‘too much’ egg nog? 😉

Well that explains the cold weather we have been having the last couple of days.

I’d be happy with some nice warm wheather, sorry weather (too much egg nog)

Snow in the city of Canberra is quite rare but I remember it did snow quite heavily in Winter in the mid 60’s and our 2 kids aged around 6 and 5 made a snow man. I remember it snowing in December once when I was a youngster back in the 40’s but the memory is vague as to when and how much.

Pretty sure it snowed one christmas in about 1989 or 1988 too! Only in some parts of the town though!

“People talk about snow in Canberra on Christmas Day, but googling it shows no real results. Have we ever had snow on a Christmas day?”

1977, I think.

I have never heard of snow on Christmas Day in Canberra, but if definitely snowed in the mountains at Christmas some years ago.

1965 – I’ll dig out a photo

Legend has it that “60ish years ago” it snowed on Christmas in Canberra. My mother tells the story.

People talk about snow in Canberra on Christmas Day, but googling it shows no real results. Have we ever had snow on a Christmas day?

What, a White Christmas?

Oh no! The migration of the poles has started! Soon the North Pole will be in our backyard! Still, we’ll get presents from Santa a bit earlier lol.

Yeah but Cooma deserves it…….

We recieved snow forecasts in C-Town, but that was only down to 1300 metres.

We had snow on Christmas Day once, it was either ’05 or ’06. It didn’t settle, however.

No pictures but we spotted it as well. Would love to have confirmation that we weren’t imagining things.