Sydney weather: chilly start to August but little rain in sight

By Peter Hannam
Updated August 28 2014 - 10:18am, first published August 4 2014 - 10:02am
Maximums remain on the warm side. Photo: BoM
Maximums remain on the warm side. Photo: BoM
Dry July. Photo: BoM
Dry July. Photo: BoM
Brace for some cooler weather - for a day or two. Photo: Kirk Gilmour
Brace for some cooler weather - for a day or two. Photo: Kirk Gilmour
Snow falls on Govetts Leap Road at Blackheath on Friday night. Photo: Rose Powell
Snow falls on Govetts Leap Road at Blackheath on Friday night. Photo: Rose Powell
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Blackheath snow
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Snow falling in Shooters Hill on Friday night. Photo: Nick Moir
Snow falling in Shooters Hill on Friday night. Photo: Nick Moir
Snow falling in Leura in the Blue Mountains on Friday night. Photo: Nick Moir
Snow falling in Leura in the Blue Mountains on Friday night. Photo: Nick Moir
Blizzard conditions on Oberon Plateau on Friday night. Photo: Nick Moir
Blizzard conditions on Oberon Plateau on Friday night. Photo: Nick Moir

Snow has begun falling in the Blue Mountains as a cold front heads over NSW, intent on breaking Sydney's run of above-average temperatures.