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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).
| Resort | Snow Depth | Temp. (°C) | Wind (km/h) | Weather | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Lift: | -1 |  | ||||
| Bottom Lift: | -1 | |
Latest snow reports near Rainbow:
Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | ||||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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snow shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | heavy rain | snow shwrs | clear | some clouds | some clouds | snow shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | light snow | light snow | light snow | mod. rain | heavy rain | light snow | |
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Snow map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 32 | 4 | |
max°C | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
min°C | -1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | -1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
-7 | -4 | -1 | -4 | 3 | -3 | -8 | -3 | 0 | -8 | -5 | -2 | -8 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -6 | |
86 | 75 | 70 | 91 | 90 | 96 | 82 | 67 | 42 | 81 | 92 | 51 | 76 | 81 | 87 | 94 | 94 | 99 | 87 | |
1650 | 2150 | 3000 | 3450 | 3400 | 2550 | 1700 | 2050 | 2400 | 1200 | 1650 | 2100 | 1400 | 1550 | 1800 | 1900 | 2250 | 2500 | 2200 | |
 | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — |
 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:01 | — | — | 8:02 | — |
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.
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).
Latest snow reports near Rainbow:
| Top snow depth: | — |
|---|---|
| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 7 Oct 2025 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
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. |
The above table gives the weather forecast for Rainbow at the specific elevation of 1540 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Rainbow. 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.
Click here to read further information on freezing levels and how we forecast our temperatures.
Overall 3.5 Based on 10 votes and 4 reviews
NZ's best kept secret. If you like to get away from the groomers and are prepared to go on short walks, Rainbow will be very good to you. Requirements to enjoy Rainbow: if you're a snowboarder, have an old board with you, if the rocks are showing you can still get freshies all day. Skiers, to have as much fun as the boarders you will need to be comfy with powder and same advice re your skis, skins would be a big advantage to take you up the big hill - 6:1. Never an unhappy face in Rainbow and the road's good. Chains are essential most of the time even if you have a "Big horn".
Sam Mc Eachern from New Zealand writes:
NZ's best kept secret. If you like to get away from the groomers and are prepared to go on short walks, Rainbow will be very good to you. Requirements to enjoy Rainbow: if you're a snowboarder, have an old board with you, if the rocks are showing you can still get freshies all day. Skiers, to have as much fun as the boarders you will need to be comfy with powder and same advice re your skis, skins would be a big advantage to take you up the big hill - 6:1. Never an unhappy face in Rainbow and the road's good. Chains are essential most of the time even if you have a "Big horn".
The Rainbow skiing weather widget is available to embed on external websites free of charge. It provides a daily summary of our Rainbow snow forecast and current weather conditions. Simply go to the feed configuration page and follow the 3 simple steps to grab the custom html code snippet and paste it into your own site. You can choose the snow forecast elevation (summit, mid-mountain or bottom lift) and metric/imperial units for the snow forecast feed to suit your own website…. Click here to get the code.
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