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🇦🇺🇳🇿 Southern Hemisphere Weekly Snow Roundup #316
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Mount Hotham at 1652 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 9 pm (local time) / 29 May 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:A dusting of new snow. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Fri night, min -1°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 weather summary:A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Turning milder with heavy rain (total 42.0mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Tue afternoon, min -2°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||
Saturday 30 | Sunday 31 | Monday 1 | Tuesday 2 | Wednesday 3 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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cloudy | light snow | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | light snow | light snow | light snow | cloudy | some clouds | mod. snow | light snow | heavy rain | heavy rain | light snow | light snow | light snow | |
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— | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 23 | — | — | — | |
max °C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -1 |
min °C | 2 | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | -2 |
-2 | -3 | -4 | -6 | -7 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -8 | -10 | |
68 | 87 | 88 | 94 | 87 | 87 | 80 | 82 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 89 | |
2550 | 2100 | 1900 | 1850 | 1450 | 1500 | 1700 | 1450 | 1900 | 1900 | 1950 | 2100 | 2150 | 1900 | 1800 | 1300 | |
 | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:01 | — |
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Mount Hotham Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 7 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in Australia - Victoria are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 4 of May has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.3 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.1 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Mount Hotham at the specific elevation of 1652 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Mount Hotham. 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 Australia.
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- Damo from Australia writes:
Hotham will reward if you look beyond the boundaries. Easily the pick of Vic resorts. Powder capital of Australia
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Damo from Australia writes:
Hotham will reward if you look beyond the boundaries. Easily the pick of Vic resorts. Powder capital of Australia
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