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Rainbow Snow Forecast

Weather Forecast for Rainbow at 1540 m
Issued: 12 am  22 Oct 2025 (local time)

New snow in Rainbow

1.0cm0.4in
Sun 26th (NGT)
The snow forecast for Rainbow is: Moderate rain (total 18.0mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Thu morning, min -1°C on Tue night). Mainly gales.

Rainbow Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Rainbow is: Moderate rain (total 18.0mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Thu morning, min -1°C on Tue night). Mainly gales.

Rainbow Weather (Days 4-6): A dusting of snow. Milder later with heavy rain (total 39.0mm) on Mon afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Sat afternoon, min -2°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sat night, gales from the WNW by Mon afternoon).


Rainbow Live Weather

ResortSnow DepthTemp. (°C)Wind (km/h)Weather
Top Lift: 
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40
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Bottom Lift: 
-1
25
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6 Day Forecast
Issued: 12 am 22 Oct 2025 / Updates in ::
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Wednesday
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 km/h
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11
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7
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max°C
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Humid% 
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87
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Sunrise
6:28
6:26
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Sunset
7:57
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Last snowfall: 7 Oct 2025
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Snow History

Week 4 of October has on average:
0.1
Bluebird Powder days
Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind.
0.2
Powder days
Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind.
0.0
Bluebird days
Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind.