What happened to Australia’s snow season? A climate expert explains

By Andrew B. Watkins, Adjunct Professor (Practice) in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University

There’s nothing like gliding down a snow-covered slope.

That’s if you ask the thousands of people that make an annual pilgrimage to our alpine resorts during the Australian winter.

But this year, the start to the snow season has been far from spectacular.

While there is still some way to go before the typical peak of the season in mid- to late August, maximum snow depths have declined by around 30% since the middle…

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