Australia's 2026 Season Starting With Fresh Snow
Mother Nature has delivered across the Australian Alps with near perfect timing for the start of the 2026 snow season tomorrow at most of the country's leading resorts, Saturday 6 June.
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Perisher at 2034 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 3 pm (local time) / 16 Jun 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Moderate rain (total 16.0mm) heaviest on Thu night, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Fri morning. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Wed morning, min 1°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Tue afternoon, gales from the NW by Thu night). | Days 4-6 weather summary:A dusting of new snow. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Mon morning, min -2°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat night). | ||||||||||||||||
Tue 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | ||||||||||||
PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | heavy rain | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | snow shwrs | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
min °C | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 |
2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | -1 | -3 | -3 | -7 | -8 | -7 | -5 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -3 | -2 | |
70 | 82 | 76 | 76 | 66 | 73 | 82 | 86 | 88 | 76 | 85 | 94 | 82 | 85 | 98 | 93 | 89 | |
3300 | 3050 | 3200 | 3300 | 3550 | 3250 | 2850 | 3000 | 2350 | 2050 | 2000 | 1950 | 2100 | 2000 | 1800 | 1800 | 1800 | |
 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — |
 | 4:57 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 4:58 | — |
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- 27 hours ago
For Perisher: Mild temperatures. No fresh snow. Lifts are closed. Pistes are closed. No snow off-piste. from Perisher
Perisher Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 22 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 15 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 4 Jun 2026 |
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Other resorts in Australia - New South Wales are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 3 of June has on average:
0.4 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.4 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.7 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in Australia - New South Wales are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
The above table gives the weather forecast for Perisher at the specific elevation of 2034 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Perisher. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of Australia.
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Visitor Reviews of Perisher
Overall 3.3 Based on 44 votes and 50 reviews
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- Schagne Venter from Australia writes:
Thredbo and Perisher refuse to acknowledge reality and move this weekend on a week or two, to a time when there is actual snow on the ground. In the seven years that I have lived in Canberra there has never been natural snow on the ground in the first week of July. And to add insult to injury, Thredbo has now even refused to offer the fake snow and toboggan rides which drew families to it. Oh, and they waited until a week before the day to announce that. So what can you expect? At Thredbo expect zero snow, paying top dollar for ski-lifts, mechanical sled rides food and drink, a sad snow sculpture melting in the heat, empty pubs where one or two bored people watch footy, over-heated coffee shops closing early, a DJ playing house music to which toddlers and pre-teens dance while their parents stand around sipping over-priced beer and wine. The fireworks were such a non-event that we didn’t even realise they had happened. At Perisher expect some man-made snow, a few better musos, but not much more. Don’t expect a magical, fun-filled snow weekend as advertised in the brochures. Don’t waste your money, time and energy on this over-hyped, over-priced kids party. Snow open weekend offers you zero snow and zero fun at full season prices. Despite the fact that Threbo and Perisher no doubt know, after so many years of having no actual snow on this weekend, that it will be snowless, they continue to promote this weekend as a funtastic opening to the snow. Too much to expect snow on a weekend claiming (and priced) to be the “start of the snowy season”? Apparently it is. Even Perisher barely has any snow at this time of the year and the reason those photos look so filled with happy people on the snow is because everyone is trying to squeeze onto the few man-made patches of snow for their instagram moment. Until both Thredbo and Perisher start admitting that they are artificially extending the snow season in order to rake in extra money, and stop charging like there is actual snow on the ground, do yourself a favour and don’t fall for their lies. Show them the contempt they deserve by boycotting them for these first two weeks of June and go when there is actual snow and you are getting what you pay for. I for one will not be paying snow fees for a zero snow weekend again. Fool me once.....
Visitor Reviews of Perisher
Schagne Venter from Australia writes:
Thredbo and Perisher refuse to acknowledge reality and move this weekend on a week or two, to a time when there is actual snow on the ground. In the seven years that I have lived in Canberra there has never been natural snow on the ground in the first week of July. And to add insult to injury, Thredbo has now even refused to offer the fake snow and toboggan rides which drew families to it. Oh, and they waited until a week before the day to announce that.
So what can you expect? At Thredbo expect zero snow, paying top dollar for ski-lifts, mechanical sled rides food and drink, a sad snow sculpture melting in the heat, empty pubs where one or two bored people watch footy, over-heated coffee shops closing early, a DJ playing house music to which toddlers and pre-teens dance while their parents stand around sipping over-priced beer and wine. The fireworks were such a non-event that we didn’t even realise they had happened. At Perisher expect some man-made snow, a few better musos, but not much more. Don’t expect a magical, fun-filled snow weekend as advertised in the brochures.
Don’t waste your money, time and energy on this over-hyped, over-priced kids party. Snow open weekend offers you zero snow and zero fun at full season prices. Despite the fact that Threbo and Perisher no doubt know, after so many years of having no actual snow on this weekend, that it will be snowless, they continue to promote this weekend as a funtastic opening to the snow. Too much to expect snow on a weekend claiming (and priced) to be the “start of the snowy season”? Apparently it is. Even Perisher barely has any snow at this time of the year and the reason those photos look so filled with happy people on the snow is because everyone is trying to squeeze onto the few man-made patches of snow for their instagram moment.
Until both Thredbo and Perisher start admitting that they are artificially extending the snow season in order to rake in extra money, and stop charging like there is actual snow on the ground, do yourself a favour and don’t fall for their lies. Show them the contempt they deserve by boycotting them for these first two weeks of June and go when there is actual snow and you are getting what you pay for. I for one will not be paying snow fees for a zero snow weekend again. Fool me once.....
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