Rare October Spring Snow Falls In Blue Mountains

Below are photos of rare October spring snow in Blue Mountains, New South Wales in Australia.

Residents in the Blue Mountains experienced sub zero temperatures, but were treated to an incredible Spring snow storm

A man walks down the street with an umbrella also in Blackheath

Matthew Conlon snapped this photo of one of the roads in the Blue Mountains

Blackheath residents saw some unseasonable snow in their NSW’s Blue Mountains region

The Cooks River in Tempe, in south western Sydney, has flooded after receiving 110mm of rain in six hours

Near Lewisham (right), a carpark was flooded after 118mm of rainfall. Street lights went out around 9.30 and the Lewisham train station was without power at 6.30am this morning

Dozens of people posted views of their snowy surroundings on social media in amazement

Blankets of snow are seen covering this backyard in the Blue Mountains

A quick shot of @andrewfaith’s back deck covered in a ‘couple centimeters (sic)’ of snow

One man made a charming snowmen in his backyard, featuring a red scarf and carrot nose.

In Lithgow, up to 15cm snow was recorded

Photos: Spring Snow In The Rockies

Snow covers spring flowers in Denver on Monday, May 12, 2014. A spring storm that has brought over a foot of snow to parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska and thunderstorms and tornadoes to the Midwest was slowing down travelers and left some without power Monday morning. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Much of Interstate 80 in southern Wyoming was closed Monday after a spring storm brought up to 3 feet of snow to the Rockies and severe thunderstorms and tornadoes to the Midwest.

People in the western Panhandle woke up to a blanket of heavy, wet snow. (AP)

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