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🇦🇺🇳🇿 Southern Hemisphere Weekly Snow Roundup #316
Weekly Snow News for the Southern Hemisphere, updated 28 May 2026: Cold temperatures, snowmaking and light snowfall raise optimism ahead of Australia and New Zealand’s 2026 ski season openings.
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Mount Roon at 1696 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 11 pm (local time) / 29 May 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 174.0mm), heaviest during Sun night. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Sun afternoon, min 2°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Fri night, strong winds from the N by Sun morning). | Days 5-7 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 111.0mm), heaviest during Mon night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Mon night, min 0°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||
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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some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | risk thun- der | mod. rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | mod. rain | light rain | mod. rain | light rain | light snow | light snow | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | 4 | 28 | 37 | 66 | 9 | 30 | 52 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | — | |
max °C | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
min °C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
0 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -3 | |
51 | 48 | 76 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 96 | 98 | 99 | 96 | 91 | 81 | 95 | 94 | 72 | |
2600 | 2900 | 2800 | 2400 | 2850 | 2900 | 2900 | 2700 | 2800 | 2750 | 2600 | 2550 | 2400 | 2200 | 2150 | 1850 | |
 | — | 7:58 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:02 | — | — | 8:02 | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:10 | — |
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Mount Roon Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 9 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 4 of May has on average:
0.6 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.4 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.4 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
The above table gives the weather forecast for Mount Roon at the specific elevation of 1696 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Mount Roon. 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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Visitor Reviews of Mount Roon
Overall 2.8 Based on 2 votes and 1 review
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- Adrian Dumbleton from New Zealand writes:
This resort does not exist. There may be glacier skiing options but there is no resort.
Visitor Reviews of Mount Roon
Adrian Dumbleton from New Zealand writes:
This resort does not exist. There may be glacier skiing options but there is no resort.
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