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'A very rare event': Australian city covered in snow for first time in 40 years



Parts of Tasmania have been blanketed in snow for the first time in about 40 years as a wintry blast transformed it and areas of Victoria into a winter wonderland.


Launceston was hammered by snow as the temperature at the airport plummeted below zero just after 9pm on Tuesday while Scottsdale, to the northwest, reached 0.9 degrees about half an hour later.

It was all caused by an air mass moving north from Antarctica.

Bureau of Meteorology Matthew Thomas told Yahoo News Australia the snow forming in Tasmania’s north is a weather event not seen in the area for about 40 years.

“The last time we saw snow settle in Launceston was in the early 1970s,” Mr Thomas said.

“It’s a very rare event for Tasmania. We also saw some snow settled in Hobart with the last two occurrences in 1986 and 2015.

“However, it’s not uncommon to see snow in the south of Tasmania.”



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