New Zealand Ski Area Extends Season
New Zealand’s largest ski area, Cardrona Alpine Resort, has announced that it is extending its season by a week. It is now set to stay open until Sunday October 18.
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Big Red Cats at 1676 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 10 pm (local time) / 01 Sep 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 22.0mm), heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 11°C on Wed morning, min 3°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 weather summary:Light rain (total 5.0mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon afternoon, min 1°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||
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rain shwrs | t-storm risk | rain shwrs | mod. rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | light rain | clear | |
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mm | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — |
max °C | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
min °C | 7 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
chill °C | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Humid % | 70 | 77 | 63 | 96 | 82 | 39 | 49 | 71 | 95 | 84 | 67 | 46 | 64 | 93 | 79 | 76 |
Freeze m | 3550 | 3300 | 2950 | 2850 | 2500 | 2750 | 2550 | 2400 | 2350 | 2550 | 2650 | 2850 | 2950 | 2800 | 2900 | 3250 |
 | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — |
 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:25 | — | — | 7:23 | — |
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| Last snowfall: | 7 Jun 2026 |
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Week 1 of September 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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