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Global Weekly Snow Roundup #314
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Purgatory at 2988 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 5 pm (local time) / 15 May 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Drizzle on Sun night turning to light snow on Mon morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 15°C on Fri afternoon, min 0°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 6.0mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 10°C on Thu morning, min -4°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||
Fri 15 | Saturday 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | Wednesday 20 | ||||||||||||
PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light snow | mod. snow | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 15 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
min °C | 15 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
14 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | -5 | -1 | -6 | -2 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
19 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 36 | 43 | 30 | 35 | 96 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 50 | 71 | 36 | 23 | 43 | |
4700 | 4250 | 4350 | 4600 | 3900 | 3900 | 4250 | 3750 | 2950 | 3500 | 2750 | 3000 | 3600 | 2800 | 3350 | 4100 | 3600 | |
 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — |
 | 8:13 | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:16 | — | — | 8:16 | — |
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Purgatory Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 6 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in USA - Colorado are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 3 of May has on average:
0.2 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.1 | 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)
The above table gives the weather forecast for Purgatory at the specific elevation of 2988 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Purgatory. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of United States.
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