Next 3 days weather summary:Moderate rain (total 10.0mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Tue afternoon, min 4°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the N by Fri morning). | Days 4-6 weather summary:Mild with heavy rain (total 42.0mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Becoming colder with a moderate fall of snow heaviest on Fri night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Fri afternoon, min -6°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the NNW on Fri night, light winds from the W by Sat morning). | ||||||||||||||||
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clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | heavy rain | snow shwrs | light snow | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | snow shwrs | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 3 | 34 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | -4 |
min °C | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -6 |
6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -6 | -4 | -2 | -3 | -2 | -6 | -15 | |
15 | 9 | 33 | 47 | 80 | 86 | 71 | 51 | 85 | 95 | 88 | 89 | 80 | 56 | 58 | 67 | 38 | |
3300 | 3450 | 3250 | 3100 | 2800 | 2800 | 3000 | 3150 | 2850 | 3000 | 2250 | 2000 | 2250 | 2700 | 2800 | 2300 | 1150 | |
 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — |
 | 5:34 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | 5:27 | — |
Latest snow reports near Mount Dobson:
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 21 Apr 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
0.3 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.1 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.4 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
The above table gives the weather forecast for Mount Dobson at the specific elevation of 1902 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Mount Dobson. 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 New Zealand.
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Overall 2.7 Based on 19 votes and 3 reviews
Spent two days here in 2010. Absolutely amazing, first day was clear, no wind and 40cm of fresh snow. There were no lift lines, few people and fresh tracks to be had all over the mountain. Second day was the same story, bad weather had dumped rain on the other Canterbury fields while Dobson, being a bit higher, again had fresh snow. Lifts are slow and base area is very basic, but personally I would rather have fresh tracks, few people on the field and no lift lines over a pretty cafe, crowds and fast lifts.
Kirk from New Zealand writes:
Spent two days here in 2010. Absolutely amazing, first day was clear, no wind and 40cm of fresh snow. There were no lift lines, few people and fresh tracks to be had all over the mountain. Second day was the same story, bad weather had dumped rain on the other Canterbury fields while Dobson, being a bit higher, again had fresh snow. Lifts are slow and base area is very basic, but personally I would rather have fresh tracks, few people on the field and no lift lines over a pretty cafe, crowds and fast lifts.
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