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Purgatory at 2679 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 11 am (local time) / 19 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Light rain (total 8.0mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 8.0mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 24°C on Mon morning, min 12°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
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some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | t-storm risk | rain shwrs | some clouds | t-storm risk | some clouds | rain shwrs | t-storm risk | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | clear | some clouds | t-storm risk | rain shwrs | |
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mm | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 |
max °C | 24 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 14 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 14 |
min °C | 20 | 23 | 13 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 21 | 12 |
chill °C | 20 | 23 | 13 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 21 | 12 |
Humid % | 37 | 29 | 44 | 35 | 27 | 58 | 47 | 48 | 60 | 56 | 36 | 65 | 51 | 34 | 55 | 41 | 38 | 55 |
Freeze m | 5400 | 5600 | 5300 | 5400 | 5650 | 5300 | 5300 | 5500 | 5250 | 5350 | 5700 | 5250 | 5300 | 5550 | 5300 | 5300 | 5500 | 5200 |
 | 6:30 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — |
 | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — |
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Purgatory Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 18 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in USA - Colorado are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 3 of August has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in USA - Colorado are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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