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Rainbow at 1760 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 12 am (local time) / 25 Dec 2025
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Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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some clouds | light rain | light rain | heavy rain | light rain | light snow | snow shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | mod. rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | |
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— | 1 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | |
max °C | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
min °C | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
-3 | -2 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -4 | -5 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -4 | |
73 | 88 | 94 | 98 | 87 | 81 | 87 | 63 | 49 | 59 | 63 | 55 | 87 | 91 | 90 | 76 | |
3250 | 2600 | 2550 | 2550 | 2100 | 2100 | 1800 | 2100 | 2400 | 2250 | 2300 | 2550 | 2200 | 2250 | 2350 | 2300 | |
 | — | 5:50 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | 9:05 | — | — | 9:05 | — | — | 9:05 | — | — | 9:06 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
Heavy rain (total 38.0mm), heaviest during Thu night. Later becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Fri afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Sat afternoon, min 0°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Thu night, light winds from the W by Fri night).
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
Moderate rain (total 18.0mm) heaviest on Sun night, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Tue afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 7°C on Sun morning, min 0°C on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
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Latest snow reports near Rainbow:
Rainbow Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 17 Dec 2025 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 4 of December 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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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.
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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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