Pat and Greg Talbot, along with mother and son duo Kerry and Max Green, headed up the mountain to catch a glimpse of the snow.

It was the first time Pat and Greg had seen snow.

The snowfall came after a cold July, which saw snow fall several times on top of Mt William.

Snow fell early in the month and the Bureau of Meteorology forecast at the time, that the cold temperatures would continue.

When snow fell in early July, the maximum temperature reached 0.7 degrees and 3.5 degrees respectively. The Saturday of the snowfall was the coldest day in the Grampians this winter.

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Peter Blake said the freezing conditions had not broken any records yet.

"Last year in July we had a 10-degree day, in 2013 we had a nine-degree day, and in 2011 and 2012 we had 11-degree days, so it's not unusual for temperatures to be so low at this time of year," he said.

"At least once a month in July you seem to get maximum temperatures in the high single figures to low double figures.

"At the weekend the majority of both days were very cold, but a bit of clearance at the end of the day could have spiked the maximum temperature.

"So the maximum temperature figure doesn't necessarily tell you what the whole day was like."

Mr Blake said the cold snap that arrived last week, bringing more snow to the Grampians, had been predicted.

"We knew there was another cold front to come through, which would bring very cool conditions," he said.

"With such cold air, frosts are always a problem."

The cold snap this week also brought with it some low fog on Tuesday morning. The fog covered Stawell for most of the day and made visibility out towards the Black Ranges and Grampians difficult.

Motorists had to take extra care on the roads, as not only did the fog cause visibility concerns, there was black ice concerns on various roads throughout the region.

Rainfall in July was below the monthly average. Despite late falls being recorded totalling 13.5 millimetres over four days, the monthly total only limped to 47mm, which was slightly below the average for July of 55mm. the highest individual fall for the month was 12.8mm.