Pakenham Snow History

Average Snow and Weather Conditions in Pakenham during April (week 3):

The average snowfall forecast during week 3 of April for Pakenham is 5 cm. There are typically 0.8 snowy days during this week.Pakenham typical weather and snow conditions during the third week of April at the middle elevation of the ski area at 180m, based on historical averages over the last 17 years: At this time of year the expected freezing level (1580m) is well above the mid altitude of Pakenham. Expect just one day with snowfall per week in Pakenham in the middle of April but rain is twice as usual as snow and in a typical year there are a couple of wet days during this week of April. Forecast model average snowfall for the week is 5cm. Temperatures generally above freezing both day and night in Pakenham during week three of April with average maximum temperature 7.8°C and minimum temperature 4.8°C at the mid altitude. On average, two days out of seven will have some sunshine. Mostly light winds (average 15km/h) are unlikely to affect lift operations but there is a 50% chance that the mean wind speed will be more than more than 30km/h one day. Sunny, calm and below freezing ideal weather days that follow new snow (bluebird powder days) are in short supply, occuring this week on average one year in 1 while powder days that do not have cold, sunny and calm weather also occur, on average one year in 7.