The Official 2012 Snow Calendar

Current weather conditions and live observations for Ruka based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on snow-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Ruka right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather Conditions near Ruka as reported by the 5 closest weather stations (updated hourly)
Distance / Altitude	Resort	Report Date / Time	Weather	Wind	Temp.	Visibility	Cloud
20 km / 263 m	Kuusamo (Finland)	2012-02-10 01:20 local (2012-02-09 23:20 GMT)	Light snow	light winds from the SSW.(Wind varies from 180 to 250 degs) (13 km/h at 210)	-14 °C		overcast
140 km / 112 m	Kalevala (Russia)	2012-02-09 23:00 local (2012-02-09 21:00 GMT)	-	calm (0 km/h at 0)	-29.7 °C	50 km	few
157 km / 201 m	Rovaniemi (civ/m (Finland)	2012-02-10 01:20 local (2012-02-09 23:20 GMT)	Mist dry and cloudy	fresh winds from the S (31 km/h at 190)	-11 °C		broken overcast
177 km / 17 m	Kovda(bay) (Russia)	2012-02-09 23:00 local (2012-02-09 21:00 GMT)	-	calm (4 km/h at 250)	-20.7 °C	50 km	few
180 km / 26 m	Kandalaksa (Russia)	2012-02-09 23:00 local (2012-02-09 21:00 GMT)	-	calm (0 km/h at 0)	-32.2 °C	50 km	clear
* NOTE: not all weather stations update at the same frequency which is the reason why some resorts may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include Ship synop data if a synop is submitted close to Ruka and within an acceptable time window.