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Păltiniş-Arena Platos at 1450 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 am (local time) / 20 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Light rain (total 2.0mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 3.0mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | |||||||||||||
AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | t-storm risk | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 23 | 25 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 16 |
min °C | 19 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 13 |
chill °C | 19 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 13 |
Humid % | 40 | 32 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 34 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 49 | 41 | 43 | 48 | 43 | 32 | 38 | 31 | 30 |
Freeze m | 4300 | 4400 | 4550 | 4650 | 4700 | 4750 | 4500 | 4400 | 4300 | 4100 | 3850 | 3950 | 3900 | 3800 | 3950 | 3800 | 3800 | 3800 |
 | 6:28 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — |
 | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:17 | — | — | 8:15 | — |
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Păltiniş-Arena Platos Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 12 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in Romania are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 3 of August has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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3 chaps by Nick Russill
Arena Platos Paltinis resort by Jeff Jones
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Păltiniş-Arena Platos at the specific elevation of 1450 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Păltiniş-Arena Platos. 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 Romania.
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Resort name is also written as Paltinis.
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