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Rainbow Current Weather Conditions

41.88° S 172.86° E

Weather Forecast for Rainbow at 1650m altitude

Next snow in Rainbow:
4.4cm on Thu 17th
Issued:
5 am 17 Sep 2026 (local time)
Forecast update in:
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Current weather conditions and live observations for Rainbow based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on snow-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Rainbow right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather Conditions near Rainbow

as reported by the 5 closest weather stations

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Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

St Arnaud

8 km N629 m above sea level

1 hour ago
light rainRecent light rain
5
calm
(4 km/h at 315°)
9 °C-
-
-
-
-

Motueka Golden Downs

27 km N385 m above sea level

1 hour ago
mod rainRecent moderate rain

(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-
-
-
-

Kawatiri

29 km WNW359 m above sea level

45 minutes ago
light rainRecent light rain
0
calm
(2 km/h at 315°)
9.8 °C-
-
-
-
-

Ngaruru

35 km NE608 m above sea level

1 hour ago
mod rainRecent moderate rain
wind obs. (7 kph from 0 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
9 °C-
-
-
-
-

Wstern Boundary

39 km N514 m above sea level

1 hour ago
light rainRecent light rain
5
calm
(4 km/h at 225°)
9 °C-
-
-
-
-

Pudding Hill

41 km SSE1252 m above sea level

1 hour ago
light snowRecent light snow
20
light winds from the S
(19 km/h at 180°)
1 °C-
-
-
-
-

Murchison

45 km WSW158 m above sea level

1 hour ago
light rainRecent light rain
0
calm
(2 km/h at 0°)
11 °C-
-
-
-
-

Tadmor

48 km NW289 m above sea level

1 hour ago
light rainDry
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-
-
-
-

Tor Darroch

56 km ENE878 m above sea level

1 hour ago
light rainRecent light rain
20
moderate winds from the N
(22 km/h at 0°)
10 °C-
-
-
-
-

Dovedale

59 km N338 m above sea level

1 hour ago
light rainRecent light rain
wind obs. (6 kph from 0 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
11 °C-
-
-
-
-

* NOTE: not all weather stations update at the same frequency which is the reason why some resorts may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones.