Remember this? North Shore "snow" event (1965)

Snow events in Sydney are rare. On June 28 1836, it was reported that one inch of snow (2.5cm) fell in some parts of the city. The minimum temperature recorded on that date was 38 degrees Fahrenheit or three degrees Celsius. 

However some doubt given Sydney's climate that the snow could have been mistaken for hail. 

In Sydney's history, reports of snow have emerged especially in suburbs at higher elevations e.g. North Shore or suburbs in the Sutherland Shire such as Engadine or Heathcote. Many of these have been dismissed as meteorologists determined that the precipitation was hail. Graupel is light hail and is often confused with snow.

One such "snow" event was on July 18 1965 when heavy snow was reported to have fallen on the North Shore. Sydney's minimum temperature was reported at forty degrees farenheit (4.5 degrees), before peaking at 54 degrees farenheit (12 degrees celsius). The Daily Telegraph reported that one inch (2.5cm) of snow fell at Killara. Below is the newspaper feature that also reported on the snowfall plus the wild weather that affected the rest of the Sydney region dating from July 19 1965.