Although snow arrived later than usual last year, coming in mid-August, it fell heavily on both the skifields and in central Queenstown, causing havoc on the roads.
Queenstown weather forecaster David Crow said a small amount of snow could fall on the lower levels of the mountains today, but it was likely the mild winter temperatures would continue for the next 10 days.
Like the preceding months, August was shaping up to be another month of "above-normal" temperatures, Mr Crow said.
Despite the record freezing temperatures at the beginning of July, the average temperature last month was a full degree above normal July temperatures, he said.
"It just shows you that when it did warm up, it really warmed up."
NZSki chief executive James Coddington said so far it had been a "relatively average season, when you look at snow depths of previous years".
While NZSki preferred to have more snow, no season was exactly the same, he said.
An unusual easterly weather pattern had resulted in snow being pushed away from Queenstown skifields, he said.
"You only have to look at what's going on at Mt Hutt.
"When they have had well over a metre of snow [in the past week], we have had 10cm."
He remained optimistic, saying there was "always a potential" for a snow storm similar to last year, which resulted in Coronet Peak and the Remarkables receiving 60cm-66cm of powder in the third week of August.
"We are always hopeful for that big dump, and you never know when that's going to arrive."
