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Global Weekly Snow Roundup #314
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Vars at 1861 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 7 pm (local time) / 15 May 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:Light rain (total 3.0mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Sun afternoon, min -4°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 weather summary:Light rain (total 5.0mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 2°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||
Saturday 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | Wednesday 20 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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snow shwrs | clear | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |
max °C | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 |
min °C | -4 | -2 | 5 | -1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
-8 | -6 | 3 | -1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 5 | |
78 | 47 | 49 | 73 | 56 | 50 | 85 | 66 | 71 | 89 | 69 | 70 | 84 | 52 | 47 | 74 | |
1500 | 2000 | 2400 | 1950 | 2450 | 2700 | 2300 | 2500 | 2600 | 2400 | 2750 | 3000 | 3000 | 3000 | 3250 | 3200 | |
 | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 8:53 | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | 8:57 | — | — | 8:58 | — | — | 8:59 |
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Vars Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 6 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 14 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in France are reporting: powder (1) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 3 of May has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.1 | 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 Vars at the specific elevation of 1861 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Vars. 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 France.
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Visitor Reviews of Vars
Overall 3.9 Based on 35 votes and 9 reviews
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- Juan Lucas from France writes:
Great resort! Cleary in my Top3.
Visitor Reviews of Vars
Juan Lucas from France writes:
Great resort! Cleary in my Top3.
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