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Mount Dobson Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Mount Dobson is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Fri morning, min -7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the WNW on Sat night, light winds from the SW by Sun night).
Mount Dobson Weather (Days 4-6): Drizzle at first, then turning colder with dusting of snow on Wed afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Mon night, min -2°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, near gales from the WNW by Wed afternoon).
| Resort | Snow Depth | Temp. (°C) | Wind (km/h) | Weather | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Lift: | 0.7 m | -1 |  | |||
| Middle Lift: | 0 | | ||||
| Bottom Lift: | 0.6 m | 0 | |
Latest snow reports near Mount Dobson:
Friday 5 | Saturday 6 | Sunday 7 | Monday 8 | Tuesday 9 | Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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snow shwrs | light snow | snow shwrs | clear | clear | snow shwrs | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | rain shwrs | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | light snow | heavy snow | |
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Snow map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
10 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 0 | -3 | -4 | -7 | -5 | -4 | -4 | -3 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
min°C | -1 | -3 | -7 | -7 | -5 | -5 | -6 | -4 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -2 | -4 | -6 |
-10 | -12 | -13 | -13 | -11 | -14 | -12 | -9 | -9 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -7 | -8 | -7 | -10 | -8 | -7 | -11 | |
89 | 88 | 69 | 60 | 42 | 65 | 74 | 47 | 57 | 25 | 40 | 25 | 63 | 64 | 75 | 56 | 61 | 43 | 45 | 47 | 98 | |
1850 | 1550 | 1350 | 900 | 1250 | 1250 | 1050 | 1400 | 1100 | 1900 | 2350 | 2550 | 2500 | 2500 | 2300 | 2250 | 2000 | 1000 | 1050 | 1800 | 850 | |
 | 6:58 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — |
 | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:17 | — | — | 6:19 | — | — | 6:20 | — |
A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Fri morning, min -7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the WNW on Sat night, light winds from the SW by Sun night).
Drizzle at first, then turning colder with dusting of snow on Wed afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Mon night, min -2°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, near gales from the WNW by Wed afternoon).
Latest snow reports near Mount Dobson:
| Top snow depth: | 65 cm |
|---|---|
| Bottom snow depth: | 55 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 6 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 4 Sep 2025 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
0.7 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
|---|---|
0.7 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
1.0 | 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 9 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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