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Rainbow resort snow
Lat Long: 41.88° S 172.86° E
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Rainbow Current Weather Conditions

Weather Forecast for Rainbow at 1650 m altitude

Issued: 11 pm 02 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Next snow in Rainbow: 0.4 cm on Mon 3rd  (after 9 PM local time)

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
Dry
10
light winds from the NW
(9 km/h at 315°)
4 °C-
-
-
-
-

Motueka Golden Downs

27 km N385 m above sea level

2 hours ago
Dry

(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-
-
-
-

Kawatiri

29 km WNW359 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
5
calm
(4 km/h at 225°)
6.5 °C-
-
-
-
-

Ngaruru

35 km NE608 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
45
strong winds from the SW
(44 km/h at 225°)
6 °C-
-
-
-
-

Wstern Boundary

39 km N514 m above sea level

2 hours ago
Dry
wind obs. (17 kph from 180 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
6 °C-
-
-
-
-

Pudding Hill

41 km SSE1252 m above sea level

2 hours ago
Dry
15
light winds from the N
(17 km/h at 0°)
2 °C-
-
-
-
-

Murchison

45 km WSW158 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 0°)
5 °C-
-
-
-
-

Tadmor

48 km NW289 m above sea level

2 hours ago
Dry

(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-
-
-
-

Tor Darroch

56 km ENE878 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
15
light winds from the SW
(13 km/h at 225°)
3 °C-
-
-
-
-

Upper Clarence

59 km SE488 m above sea level

2 hours ago
Dry
5
calm
(4 km/h at 225°)
2 °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.