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🇦🇺🇳🇿 Southern Hemisphere Weekly Snow Roundup #316
Weekly Snow News for the Southern Hemisphere, updated 28 May 2026: Cold temperatures, snowmaking and light snowfall raise optimism ahead of Australia and New Zealand’s 2026 ski season openings.
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Turoa at 1602 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 11 pm (local time) / 29 May 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:Light rain (total 3.0mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Sun night, min 3°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, near gales from the NNE by Mon afternoon). | Days 5-7 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 41.0mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Mon night, min 2°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (gales from the NNE on Mon night, moderate winds from the NW by Wed night). | |||||||||||||||
Saturday 30 | Sunday 31 | Monday 1 | Tuesday 2 | Wednesday 3 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | mod. rain | heavy rain | light rain | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | some clouds | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | |
max °C | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
min °C | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
1 | 1 | -2 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | -2 | -1 | -3 | |
41 | 38 | 72 | 77 | 80 | 89 | 89 | 93 | 95 | 94 | 95 | 95 | 87 | 94 | 93 | 72 | |
3050 | 3300 | 3400 | 3600 | 3700 | 3450 | 3400 | 3500 | 3150 | 3400 | 3250 | 3100 | 2600 | 2550 | 2500 | 2650 | |
 | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:01 | — |
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Turoa Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 21 Apr 2026 |
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Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 4 of May has on average:
0.2 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.4 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.1 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Turoa Glacier by snowfore1
Mt Ruapehu Clearing after Southerly by Skyline
Turoa Ski Field by Keith S
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Turoa at the specific elevation of 1602 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Turoa. 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 Turoa
Overall 3.6 Based on 60 votes and 40 reviews
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- Voight from Australia writes:
Being from Brisbane, Ruapehu has been our 'go to' mountain for the last 20 years. Breath-taking scenery. Wonderful Kiwi friends. Great hospitality. So easy to get to for us. Fly to Wellington (or Auckland), 2 hours. Drive to Ohakune, 4 hours. It used to be even better when we could fly direct to Palmie and drive for only 2 hours. Have skied the South Island. It's good and has some variety but Ruapehu beats it because the drive up the mountain (from Ohakune) is only 17 minutes. Can't beat that! On cruddy days, there are other activities. Spring is best for more stable weather.
Visitor Reviews of Turoa
Voight from Australia writes:
Being from Brisbane, Ruapehu has been our 'go to' mountain for the last 20 years. Breath-taking scenery. Wonderful Kiwi friends. Great hospitality. So easy to get to for us. Fly to Wellington (or Auckland), 2 hours. Drive to Ohakune, 4 hours. It used to be even better when we could fly direct to Palmie and drive for only 2 hours. Have skied the South Island. It's good and has some variety but Ruapehu beats it because the drive up the mountain (from Ohakune) is only 17 minutes. Can't beat that! On cruddy days, there are other activities. Spring is best for more stable weather.
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