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Hanmer Springs Ski Area Snow Forecast

Lat Long: 42.44° S 172.74° E

Weather Forecast for Hanmer Springs Ski Area at 1774m altitude

Issued: 11 am 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Next snow in Hanmer Springs Ski Area: 2.6cm on Fri 24th  (after 3 PM local time)

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Next 3 days weather summary:

Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Tue afternoon, min 0°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Tue night, near gales from the NW by Thu night).

Days 4-6 weather summary:

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Fri morning, min -7°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the NW on Fri morning, calm by Sat night).

Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
snow showers
light snow
light snow
mod snow
snow showers
light snow
heavy snow
heavy snow
snow showers
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
snow shwrs
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
snow shwrs
light snow
heavy snow
heavy snow
snow shwrs
km/h
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
15
NW
25
WNW
45
NW
50
NW
55
NW
45
NW
20
WNW
10
S
15
W
15
NW
15
SE
25
SSE
10
S
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Snow map
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Snow map
Snow map
Snow map
Snow map
Snowflake cm
4
3
6
1
2
12
10
2
 mm
max °C
1
2
2
0
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
-1
-5
-4
-4
-6
-7
-4
min °C
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
0
2
-1
-4
-6
-5
-5
-7
-7
-7
 chill °C
-2
-2
-1
-2
-1
-2
-3
-6
-8
-6
-7
-9
-8
-10
-10
-15
-15
-12
Humid %
19
39
51
69
87
71
55
70
81
70
85
84
98
78
72
97
98
76
Freeze m
1900
2100
2050
1800
1900
1900
2300
2150
2250
2150
2000
1450
950
1000
700
750
650
0
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Sunrise
7:50
7:48
7:48
7:47
7:47
7:46
Sunset
5:19
5:20
5:21
5:22
5:22
5:23

Days 7-16 weather summary:

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Week 3 of July has on average:

0.4
Bluebird Powder days
Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind.
1.1
Powder days
Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind.
1.0
Bluebird days
Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind.


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