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Les Arcs at 1580 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 7 am (local time) / 20 Oct 2026
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light rain | light rain | mod. rain | light rain | mod. rain | light snow | snow shwrs | clear | cloudy | rain shwrs | mod. rain | light snow | some clouds | snow shwrs | some clouds | light rain | mod. rain | rain shwrs | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
mm | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 9 |
max °C | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
min °C | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | -6 | 0 | -6 | -3 | 2 | 0 |
chill °C | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | -2 | -3 | 4 | -1 | -2 | 0 | -4 | -6 | -2 | -8 | -3 | 2 | 0 |
Humid % | 83 | 86 | 95 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 63 | 61 | 81 | 96 | 98 | 96 | 73 | 83 | 76 | 69 | 99 | 91 |
Freeze m | 3300 | 3150 | 2900 | 2650 | 2100 | 1600 | 1900 | 2450 | 2250 | 2000 | 1950 | 1250 | 1550 | 1600 | 1000 | 2350 | 2800 | 2600 |
 | 7:54 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — |
 | — | 6:38 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:36 | — | — | 6:34 | — | — | 6:32 | — | — | 5:30 | — |
Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 27.0mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Later becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Wed night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Tue morning, min -3°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:A dusting of snow. Milder later with heavy rain (total 28.0mm) on Sun night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Fri afternoon, min -6°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Last snowfall: | 8 Oct 2026 |
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Week 3 of October has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.1 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Les Arcs at the specific elevation of 1580 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Les Arcs. 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 France.
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- Lukas from Belgium writes:
Pistes are very good. Public transport is just laughably bad. You’ll need to wait 15-40min more than scheduled; just plain unreliable.
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Lukas from Belgium writes:
Pistes are very good.
Public transport is just laughably bad.
You’ll need to wait 15-40min more than scheduled; just plain unreliable.
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