There was 20 centimetres of snow through the day on Friday and not only that, it was "floaty" snow. Dry and fresh. It snowed near Lorne where the bushfires raged through at Christmas.

Down in Melbourne, the coldest place was Ferny Creek in the Dandenong Ranges, at 2 degrees with hail.

The mid-afternoon temperature in Melbourne hovered around 7 degrees but because of wind chill that felt more like 2 degrees.

Today's top temperature in Melbourne was 10.7 degrees, the coldest day since July 14 last year. If it had stayed below 10 degrees it would have been the coldest day since 1998.

Snow fell down to 500 metres, including in Lorne and Ballarat.

Mount Hotham recorded the state's lowest temperature, hitting minus 4.6 degrees just before 9am.

The hail and showers tended to avoid Melbourne and it will be the same situation on Saturday, the first day of Victorian school holidays.

The top temperature is predicted to be 13.

"So far, the hail and rain have been just been missing the city but, there's plenty still heading in that direction," said Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Keris Arndt.

"Hail is a risk in any shower until the evening."

Frosts are forecast for Melbourne too.

"It's just another cold day," Mr Arndt said.

With Aisha Dow