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Cairngorm at 549 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 5 am (local time) / 12 Mar 2026
Cairngorm Weather
(Next 3 days):
Cairngorm Weather (Days 4-6):
Mild with light rain (total 7.0mm) on Tue night Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Tue night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Mon night, min -2°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Tue morning, calm by Tue night).Cairngorm Weather (Days 7-16):
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light snow | light snow | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | some clouds | light snow | cloudy | light snow | light snow | snow shwrs | light rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light snow | |
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3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | |
max °C | 3 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
min °C | 2 | -1 | -4 | -2 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
-4 | -8 | -12 | -10 | -7 | -9 | -5 | -5 | -5 | -5 | -8 | -10 | -4 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
98 | 91 | 92 | 85 | 89 | 92 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 97 | 91 | 89 | 94 | 95 | 92 | 93 | 93 | 99 | |
1100 | 700 | 300 | 300 | 650 | 450 | 600 | 750 | 700 | 900 | 600 | 400 | 850 | 1550 | 1950 | 1850 | 1650 | 950 | |
 | 6:39 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — |
 | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:12 | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:19 | — | — | 6:21 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
Mild with light rain (total 8.0mm) on Thu morning Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Thu morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Thu morning, min -4°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Sat afternoon).
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
Mild with light rain (total 7.0mm) on Tue night Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Tue night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Mon night, min -2°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Tue morning, calm by Tue night).
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| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 2 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 11 Mar 2026 |
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Other resorts in United Kingdom are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 2 of March has on average:
0.2 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.2 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.2 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in United Kingdom are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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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Visitor Reviews of Cairngorm
Overall 3.2 Based on 43 votes and 87 reviews
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- 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.
Visitor Reviews of Cairngorm
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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