AS RESIDENTS across the region relfect on the past few days of freezing cold weather and heavy snowfalls, the Leader has taken a look back at the last time the white stuff fell in Tamworth.
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When Niangala, Nowendoc, Guyra and other mountain-top towns in the region turned into winter wonderlands, Tamworth missed out.
But, the last time heavy snow blew into Tamworth was almost 40 years ago, in 1984, and it's certainly not going to be forgotten anytime soon.
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The Leader has put together a gallery of photos from July 1984, as locals enjoyed the pristine white blanket which settled over the city and as far as the eye could see.
In July 1984, the maximum temperature dropped to just 6.4 degees on July 3, which was the day the snow fell.
Reports from the time suggest the rare weather event even saw snow fall as far west as Moree.
Here are the photos and videos the Leader put together from the heavy snowfalls that blanketed towns in the white stuff late last week.
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Police and crime reporter at the Newcastle Herald.
Police and crime reporter at the Newcastle Herald.
