An Antarctic blast has delivered snow to Victoria’s alpine regions today and plunged parts of the state into a grey, wintry and wet Easter Monday.

With the start of the ski season still two months away, Mount Baw Baw and Mount Buller were treated to an early taste of winter when the mercury dipped below freezing today and light snow began falling on the resorts.

Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Peter Newham said snow was expected to fall down to 1000 metres today, with some sleet down to 800 metres. Snow was already falling at Falls Creek and could also fall at other alpine areas, including Mount Hotham.

In Melbourne, the temperature hit 13 degrees at 8am today and barely moved during the morning, reaching 14.3 degrees at noon.

But those venturing outside would have felt the icy southerly wind, which plunged the apparent temperature down to 6.5 degrees.