An unusual weather event saw the New South Wales seaside town of Byron Bay resemble a winter wonderland on Tuesday.
About 10cm of hail blanketed Byron Bay's CBD in white snow-like ice after a storm triggered by a warm trough over Queensland colliding with a mass of cold air heading north just after 5pm.
The weather bureau said the "unusual" event delivered 32mm of rain in some areas as well as isolated bursts of small hail, centred on Byron Bay.
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While thunderstorms are said to be unusual in the region at this time of year, the Bureau of Meteorology said Tuesday's downpour was a result of ongoing warmer than usual sea temperatures off the Queensland coast generating warm air.