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🇦🇺🇳🇿 Southern Hemisphere Weekly Snow Roundup #316
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Ohau at 1425 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 65.0mm), heaviest during Sun night. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Mon morning, min 2°C on Sat afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 23.0mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Tue morning, min 1°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 | rain shwrs | heavy rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | light rain | light rain | mod. rain | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | light snow | |
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— | — | — | 2 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | |
max °C | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
min °C | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
0 | 2 | -2 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -3 | |
41 | 31 | 64 | 80 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 96 | 94 | 96 | 97 | 87 | 84 | 90 | 80 | 66 | |
2900 | 3250 | 3300 | 3250 | 2800 | 2850 | 2950 | 2800 | 2750 | 2700 | 2600 | 2600 | 2450 | 2200 | 2200 | 2250 | |
 | — | 8:03 | — | — | 8:03 | — | — | 8:04 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | 5:09 | — |
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| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 8 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:
0.1 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.6 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.2 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Ohau at the specific elevation of 1425 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Ohau. 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 Ohau
Overall 3.4 Based on 10 votes and 3 reviews
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- Jonathan Bowen from New Zealand writes:
Great field that, although not big, makes up for variety and is in no way boring; plenty of advanced runs if you want them. Had some of the best skiing in the country here. Some great runs off the top ridge for a 20 minute walk. It's not crowded, with a relaxed atmosphere and accommodation at Ohau lodge - located at the base of the field has accommodation from back packers to beautiful rooms overlooking the lake, mostly built I think in the 60's / 70's and retains that style. Great bar and social dinning; open log fires. Twizel and Omarama are the next closest accommodation centers about 30 min away. Mad not to drop in for a couple of days if in the region. Very beautiful area.
Visitor Reviews of Ohau
Jonathan Bowen from New Zealand writes:
Great field that, although not big, makes up for variety and is in no way boring; plenty of advanced runs if you want them. Had some of the best skiing in the country here. Some great runs off the top ridge for a 20 minute walk. It's not crowded, with a relaxed atmosphere and accommodation at Ohau lodge - located at the base of the field has accommodation from back packers to beautiful rooms overlooking the lake, mostly built I think in the 60's / 70's and retains that style. Great bar and social dinning; open log fires. Twizel and Omarama are the next closest accommodation centers about 30 min away. Mad not to drop in for a couple of days if in the region. Very beautiful area.
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