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Global Weekly Snow Roundup #314
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Purgatory at 3297 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 11 pm (local time) / 15 May 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:Mild with light rain (total 2.0mm) on Sun morning Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Mon morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 12°C on Sat afternoon, min -3°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the SW by Sun afternoon). | Days 5-7 weather summary:Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 10°C on Thu afternoon, min -4°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||
Saturday 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | Wednesday 20 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | cloudy | light snow | mod. snow | snow shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 8 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 2 | -2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
min °C | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | -3 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
4 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 2 | -8 | -10 | -3 | -7 | -4 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 2 | -2 | |
28 | 25 | 20 | 34 | 46 | 29 | 45 | 93 | 53 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 56 | 38 | 24 | 47 | |
4200 | 4350 | 4600 | 3950 | 3750 | 4100 | 3750 | 2850 | 3600 | 2700 | 3350 | 3900 | 3050 | 3500 | 4100 | 3550 | |
 | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — |
 | — | — | 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)
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Week 3 of May has on average:
0.1 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.5 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.1 | 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 3297 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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