 Some areas situated in or around the range, such as Bathurst, Goulburn and Bowral, among other places, have recorded freezing and/or near-freezing lows in most months of the year, unlike other places of similar latitude and altitude in the northern hemisphere.The highest maximum temperature recorded was at Menindee in the state's west on 10 January 1939.The lowest minimum temperature was at Charlotte Pass on 29 June 1994 in the Snowy Mountains.