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Rainbow Snow Forecast

Weather Forecast for Rainbow at 1760 m
Issued: 12 am  18 Oct 2025 (local time)

New snow in Rainbow

1.7cm0.7in
Sat 18th (NGT)
The snow forecast for Rainbow is: Heavy rain (total 20.0mm), heaviest during Sat night. Later becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Sat night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Fri night, min -1°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Fri night, strong winds from the W by Sun morning).

Rainbow Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Rainbow is: Heavy rain (total 20.0mm), heaviest during Sat night. Later becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Sat night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Fri night, min -1°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Fri night, strong winds from the W by Sun morning).

Rainbow Weather (Days 4-6): Heavy rain (total 101.0mm), heaviest during Mon night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Thu morning, min 0°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (strong winds from the W on Wed afternoon, severe gales from the WNW by Thu afternoon).


Rainbow Live Weather

ResortSnow DepthTemp. (°C)Wind (km/h)Weather
Top Lift: 
3
25
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Bottom Lift: 
0
15
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Saturday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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 km/h
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
40
WNW
40
WSW
20
W
35
W
45
WNW
45
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55
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40
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Snow map
 cm 
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 mm 
1
19
42
28
2
1
7
21
5
max°C
4
4
4
3
0
1
1
4
4
6
6
3
1
2
4
7
8
8
3
min°C
1
2
3
2
-1
1
0
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3
3
3
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0
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4
8
6
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chill°C 
-5
-4
-3
-4
-9
-6
-5
-4
-4
-4
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-8
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-3
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2
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Humid% 
41
68
74
99
65
48
52
61
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93
98
71
76
70
75
92
91
95
79
Freezing level (m
3150
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Sunrise
6:35
6:33
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6:28
6:26
Sunset
7:52
7:53
7:54
7:55
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Snow History

Week 3 of October has on average:
0.6
Bluebird Powder days
Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind.
0.6
Powder days
Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind.
0.2
Bluebird days
Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind.