Cairngorm Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Cairngorm is: Heavy rain (total 35.0mm) on Wed night. Becoming colder with heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Wed night, min 0°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly near gales.
Cairngorm Weather (Days 4-6): A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Fri night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Fri afternoon, min -8°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ESE on Fri afternoon, light winds from the SE by Sun night).
| Resort | Snow Depth | Temp. (°C) | Wind (km/h) | Weather | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Lift: | 0.3 m | -1 |  | |||
| Middle Lift: | 1 | | ||||
| Bottom Lift: | 0.25 m | 2 | |
Latest snow reports near Cairngorm:
Tue 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | Friday 23 | Saturday 24 | Sunday 25 | ||||||||||||
PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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light rain | light rain | light rain | snow shwrs | heavy rain | mod. snow | mod. snow | mod. snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | clear | |
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Snow map |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |
1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -7 |
min °C | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -4 | -7 | -8 |
-4 | -4 | -4 | -5 | -6 | -7 | -8 | -8 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -8 | -9 | -10 | -11 | -13 | -12 | |
93 | 97 | 97 | 91 | 97 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 95 | 94 | 94 | 89 | 86 | 89 | |
1100 | 1100 | 950 | 800 | 1200 | 800 | 700 | 750 | 750 | 550 | 550 | 450 | 400 | 200 | 0 | 150 | 0 | |
 | — | — | 8:33 | — | — | 8:33 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:29 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — |
 | 4:15 | — | — | 4:16 | — | — | 4:19 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 4:23 | — | — | 4:25 | — |
Heavy rain (total 35.0mm) on Wed night. Becoming colder with heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Wed night, min 0°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly near gales.
A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Fri night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Fri afternoon, min -8°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ESE on Fri afternoon, light winds from the SE by Sun night).
Latest snow reports near Cairngorm:
| Top snow depth: | 30 cm |
|---|---|
| Bottom snow depth: | 25 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 1 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 18 Jan 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
0.2 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
|---|---|
0.6 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.6 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
The above table gives the weather forecast for Cairngorm at the specific elevation of 549 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Cairngorm. 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 United Kingdom.
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Overall 3.2 Based on 32 votes and 87 reviews
Would just like to say that the 2012/13 season is now open! Was up on the opening weekend with the ski club and it was class. Bluebird conditions genuine powder and well groomed pistes. The new snow cannons are obviously doing their work. Please Cairngorm, work on getting a larger area open as the queues were quite bad (however, this is to be expected with great snow, brilliant weather and being the first weekend of the season). If going to Cairngorm or any other of Scotland's 5 resorts then make sure to check the weather forecast and the snow conditions to stop you moaning on this site when you turn up out of the blue (or sleet) and don't have miles of alpine powder and sunshine. Here is hoping that this season continues as it has begun.
Cameron from United Kingdom writes:
Would just like to say that the 2012/13 season is now open!
Was up on the opening weekend with the ski club and it was class. Bluebird conditions genuine powder and well groomed pistes. The new snow cannons are obviously doing their work. Please Cairngorm, work on getting a larger area open as the queues were quite bad (however, this is to be expected with great snow, brilliant weather and being the first weekend of the season).
If going to Cairngorm or any other of Scotland's 5 resorts then make sure to check the weather forecast and the snow conditions to stop you moaning on this site when you turn up out of the blue (or sleet) and don't have miles of alpine powder and sunshine.
Here is hoping that this season continues as it has begun.
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