<P> The weather in the southern half of the state is generally warm to hot in summer and cool in the winter . The seasons are more defined in the southern half of the state, especially as one moves inland, towards South West Slopes, Central West and the Riverina region . Rainfall usually peaks in the summer in most of parts of the state . Though, the Riverina region, which is in the southern - central part of the state, bordering Victoria, has drier summers and a winter rainfall peak . </P> <P> The warmest region is the north - west part of the state, where summers are very hot, and winters cooler and drier . The weather in the northeast region of the state, or the North Coast, bordering Queensland, is hot and humid in the summer, with a rainfall peak, and mild in winter with more sunshine, and little seasonal temperature difference . The Northern Tablelands, which are also on the north coast, have relatively mild summers and cold winters, due to their high elevation on the Great Dividing Range . </P> <P> The coldest region is the Snowy Mountains where the snow and frost continues for quite long period during the winter months . The Blue Mountains, Southern Tablelands and Central Tablelands, which are situated on the Great Dividing Range, have mild to warm summers and cold winters, although not as severe as those in the Snowy Mountains . Interestingly, some places situated in or around the Range have recorded freezing and near - freezing lows in nearly every month of the year, a feat not experienced in many other places of similar latitude and altitude in the northern hemisphere . </P> <P> The highest maximum temperature recorded was 49.8 ° C (121.6 ° F) at Menindee in the state's west on 10 January 1939 . The lowest minimum temperature was − 23.0 ° C (− 9.4 ° F) at Charlotte Pass on 29 June 1994 in the Snowy Mountains . This is also the lowest temperature recorded in the whole of Australia excluding Australian Antarctic Territory . </P>

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