Cairngorm Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Cairngorm is: Heavy rain (total 23.0mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Later becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Wed afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Tue morning, min -1°C on Mon afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sun night, near gales from the SE by Tue night).
Cairngorm Weather (Days 4-6): Moderate rain (total 12.0mm) on Thu night. Becoming colder with heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Fri night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Thu night, min 0°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SE on Fri afternoon, moderate winds from the SE by Sat afternoon).
| Resort | Snow Depth | Temp. (°C) | Wind (km/h) | Weather | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Lift: | -1 |  | ||||
| Middle Lift: | 0 | | ||||
| Bottom Lift: | 1 | |
Latest snow reports near Cairngorm:
Monday 19 | Tuesday 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | Friday 23 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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snow shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | heavy rain | light snow | mod. snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | |
km/h | ||||||||||||||||
Snow map |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | 1 | |
max °C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
min °C | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
-3 | -4 | -5 | -6 | -3 | -3 | -5 | -5 | -6 | -7 | -6 | -6 | -6 | -7 | -8 | -7 | |
98 | 83 | 70 | 91 | 95 | 93 | 91 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 97 | |
900 | 850 | 1100 | 1100 | 1000 | 1000 | 900 | 1000 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 950 | 800 | 600 | 850 | |
 | — | 8:37 | — | — | 8:36 | — | — | 8:33 | — | — | 8:33 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — |
 | — | — | 4:13 | — | — | 4:15 | — | — | 4:16 | — | — | 4:19 | — | — | 4:22 | — |
Heavy rain (total 23.0mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Later becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Wed afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Tue morning, min -1°C on Mon afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sun night, near gales from the SE by Tue night).
Moderate rain (total 12.0mm) on Thu night. Becoming colder with heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Fri night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Thu night, min 0°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SE on Fri afternoon, moderate winds from the SE by Sat afternoon).
Latest snow reports near Cairngorm:
| Top snow depth: | — |
|---|---|
| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 17 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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