Anyone outside in Rutherglen at 7.30am Saturday was a braver person than most – the town’s low of -6.7 degrees was the coldest it has ever been in July during 101 years of records.
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Wangaratta also hit a new July record low of -5.7 degrees, which was also the coldest morning for any time of year since 2006.
Albury reached a very chilly low of -2.7, but Mount Hotham had the honour of being the coldest place in the state on Saturday with a low of -8.2 degrees.
Despite a lack of heavy snowfall, Mount Hotham Skiing Company general manager Belinda Trembath said 127,000 cubic metres of mountain-made snow allowed it to be the first Australian ski resort to open a black diamond run for the 2017 winter season from Saturday.
“We are thrilled to be opening Heavenly Valley for skiing and boarding,” she said.
“Imagine (Mount Hotham’s black diamond run) and Snake Gully are Hotham favourites.”
