Perth shivered through a cold snap on Tuesday as the city experienced its coldest day of the year so far.
It reached a top of just 12.4 degrees just before 4pm on Tuesday, blanketing Perth suburbs in an icy blast as the lowest temperature reached 9 degrees.
There has been 10.6mm of rain since 9am with Jandakot receiving the most at 40mm, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
Perth has already had close to 121mm for the month of August in just nine days and should be on track to bet the monthly average of 122mm.
There is a 50 per cent chance of rain up until 8pm tonight with showers decreasing by 11pm.
Hikers in the State’s Great Southern witnessed snow fall atop Bluff Knoll, WA’s highest peak, in the Stirling Range National Park.
The short snow flurry dusted Bluff Knoll in white as hikers made the trek up the 1090m peak.
It was caused by a cold front that moved across Perth and the State’s south on Monday and Tuesday creating ideal conditions for a light amount of snow to fall on Tuesday morning.
Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Jessica Lingard told Perth Now on Monday that a “light dusting” of snowfall was expected in the region.
“We’ve got this cold front moving through today (Monday) and basically the cold front is aligned between two different air masses where you get warmer air in front of it and cold air behind it,” Ms Lingard said.
“I don’t think anybody is going to be building snowmen or skiing, but it will be a very light dusting.”
Snow was recorded at least five times last year in the Stirling Ranges, equaling a record set 53 years ago.
PERTH SEVEN-DAY FORECAST
· Wednesday: 6-17C, possible early shower 0-0.4mm
· Thursday: 6-19C, partly cloudy
· Friday: 8-21C, sunny
· Saturday: 11-19C, showers 6-10mm
· Sunday: 11-21C, shower or two 1-4mm
· Monday: 13-19C, showers 10-20mm
· Tuesday: 9-19C, showers 4-15mm
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