Up to 50 cm (20 inches) of snow fell across elevated areas of New South Wales’ Northern Tablelands on Saturday, August 2, 2025, as a rare winter storm disrupted transport and triggered widespread emergency response. Around 200 vehicles were stranded due to the severe weather, with the State Emergency Services responding to 745 weather related incidents in just 24 hours.
A rare summer cold front swept across the Alps from late July 7 to July 8, 2025, bringing significant snowfall and sub-seasonal temperatures to elevations above 2 300 m (7 500 feet). Up to 30 cm (12 inches) of fresh snow was recorded in the Mont-Blanc massif, with temperatures dropping 5–10°C (9–18°F) below seasonal averages.
Snow blanketed Chile’s Atacama Desert on June 26, 2025, disrupting transport and closing schools across Tarapacá, Antofagasta, and Atacama regions.
A Canadian freighter carrying 17 people got stuck in thick ice on Lake Erie near Buffalo on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
Heavy lake-snow effect snow has created near-whiteout conditions across Buffalo, New York, on January 13 and 14, 2025. Dangerous travel conditions, strong winds, and snow-packed roads have severely impacted traffic along Interstate 90 with plows struggling to keep up with the intense snowfall rates.
Heavy sea-effect snow has been affecting parts of Japan since Thursday, January 9, 2025, with more than 1 m (3 feet) of snow already registered in some regions and snowfall expected to persist through Saturday. Certain areas have already received twice the usual snowfall.
Snow cover was recorded over the Ain Sefra region in the Sahara Desert on New Year’s Day 2025 for the second time in two years.
New York experienced its first white Christmas in 15 years, with the National Weather Service (NWS) reporting a snow depth of 25.4 mm (1 inch) in Central Park at 07:00 local time (LT) on Christmas Day, 2024.
The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was blanketed by snow on December 12, 2024, marking the fourth consecutive year this rare phenomenon has occurred in a desert known for its arid conditions and minimal annual precipitation.
A low-pressure system is set to bring heavy snowfall, freezing rain, and challenging travel conditions across Alaska starting Tuesday, December 3, 2024, prompting the issuance of multiple Winter Weather Advisories.
