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Southern Hemisphere Weekly Snow Roundup #282
Weekly Snow News for the Southern Hemisphere, updated 1 October 2025: NZ tops up with 15cm (6"), Australia and Chile eye late-season snow; spring conditions dominate as closures near.
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Rainbow at 1760 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 6 am (local time) / 03 Oct 2025
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cloudy | light rain | heavy rain | light snow | light snow | snow shwrs | light snow | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | light snow | light snow | mod. snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | some clouds | some clouds | clear | light rain | |
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— | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 2 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
max°C | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | -2 | -4 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
min°C | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
1 | 0 | -3 | -2 | -5 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -6 | -4 | -1 | -8 | -11 | -13 | -12 | -8 | -4 | -3 | -2 | 0 | -2 | |
64 | 70 | 96 | 91 | 95 | 83 | 79 | 86 | 82 | 62 | 65 | 91 | 93 | 95 | 80 | 85 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 49 | 96 | |
2600 | 2650 | 2400 | 2100 | 2000 | 1700 | 1750 | 1800 | 1500 | 2150 | 2850 | 2400 | 1450 | 1250 | 950 | 1450 | 3200 | 3350 | 3300 | 3300 | 3250 | |
 | 7:00 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — |
 | — | 7:36 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:38 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:40 | — | — | 7:42 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
Moderate rain (total 18.0mm) heaviest on Fri night, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Sat morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Fri afternoon, min -1°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
Mild with heavy rain (total 23.0mm), heaviest during Mon night. Becoming colder with a moderate fall of snow heaviest on Tue afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Mon afternoon, min -4°C on Tue afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Mon night, light winds from the W by Wed night).
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| Last snowfall: | 1 Oct 2025 |
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Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 1 of October has on average:
0.1 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.9 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.5 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Rainbow! by Snow Forecast Admin
Learner Slopes by Daniel
Top of T lift on Rainbow Ski field by Daniel
Upload new photo Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
The above table gives the weather forecast for Rainbow at the specific elevation of 1760 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Rainbow. 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 New Zealand.
Click here to read further information on freezing levels and how we forecast our temperatures.
Visitor Reviews of Rainbow
Overall 3.5 Based on 10 votes and 4 reviews
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- bill blyth from New Zealand writes:
Awesome safe field, great for kids and very friendly staff.. snowmaking was spot on with nice powder to ski on.. a pleasant change from the money hunger of NZski unhappy and abusive staff. Thumbs up Rainbow keep up the good work.
Visitor Reviews of Rainbow
bill blyth from New Zealand writes:
Awesome safe field, great for kids and very friendly staff.. snowmaking was spot on with nice powder to ski on.. a pleasant change from the money hunger of NZski unhappy and abusive staff. Thumbs up Rainbow keep up the good work.
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