Snow falls in South Australia, hail lashes Adelaide in unusually chilly September cold snap
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Snow falls in South Australia, hail lashes Adelaide in unusually chilly September cold snap

ABC  

Spring snow has blanketed parts of regional South Australia — with falls in the state's Mid North thick enough for some to start skiing — amid an unusually cold snap at the end of September. Key points: The heaviest falls have been reported around parts of SA's Mid North Residents awoke to find their gardens blanketed and flurries still falling The snow has been triggered by a cold snap Locals along the state's southern Flinders Ranges awoke to some of the heaviest snow falls seen in the region in years — despite another recent wintry blast which also yielded flurries. Duty forecaster Jenny Horvat it had "definitely been cold enough" for snow but said what was spotted at Mount Lofty could have been hail. BOM senior forecaster Vince Rowlands said snow in SA in September was "pretty unusual" — although it had occasionally snowed in October.

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