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 1700 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 9 pm (local time) / 17 Jun 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 23.0mm), heaviest during Thu night. Later becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Fri night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 7°C on Thu morning, min -1°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the NW on Thu afternoon, light winds from the W by Sat afternoon). | Days 5-7 weather summary:Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Tue morning, min -3°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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cloudy | light rain | light rain | heavy rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | light snow | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | light snow | light snow | light snow | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | |
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Snow map |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | -2 |
min °C | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 | -2 | -3 |
2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | -5 | -5 | -5 | -4 | -3 | -4 | -1 | 0 | -5 | -2 | -5 | -7 | |
79 | 79 | 86 | 88 | 78 | 76 | 97 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 86 | 85 | 76 | 70 | 76 | |
3650 | 3250 | 2800 | 2850 | 2200 | 2400 | 1900 | 1800 | 1800 | 1700 | 1800 | 1950 | 1800 | 1800 | 1900 | 1350 | |
 | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — |
 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 4:58 | — |
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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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0.1 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.1 | 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 1700 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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- Joe from Australia writes:
Perisher is still the best resort In Australia when you compare the terrain of the other Auz resorts. The downside is a rise of the bogan demographic.
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Joe from Australia writes:
Perisher is still the best resort In Australia when you compare the terrain of the other Auz resorts. The downside is a rise of the bogan demographic.
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