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🇦🇺🇳🇿 Southern Hemisphere Weekly Snow Roundup #316
Weekly Snow News for the Southern Hemisphere, updated 28 May 2026: Cold temperatures, snowmaking and light snowfall raise optimism ahead of Australia and New Zealand’s 2026 ski season openings.
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Snow Farm at 1550 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 5 pm (local time) / 30 May 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 39.0mm), heaviest during Sun night. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Sun afternoon, min 2°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Sat night, light winds from the NNW by Sun night). | Days 4-6 weather summary:Moderate rain (total 11.0mm), heaviest on Thu night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Tue afternoon, min 0°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||
Sat 30 | Sunday 31 | Monday 1 | Tuesday 2 | Wednesday 3 | Thursday 4 | ||||||||||||
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some clouds | rain shwrs | light rain | mod. rain | heavy rain | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | light snow | light snow | light rain | light rain | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
— | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
max °C | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
min °C | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
-3 | -3 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -6 | -6 | -3 | -3 | |
45 | 68 | 98 | 91 | 97 | 99 | 95 | 86 | 94 | 78 | 59 | 46 | 63 | 68 | 96 | 96 | 93 | |
3400 | 3200 | 2850 | 3100 | 2850 | 2700 | 2800 | 2650 | 2350 | 2350 | 2350 | 2200 | 2300 | 2300 | 1900 | 2150 | 2150 | |
 | — | — | 8:08 | — | — | 8:10 | — | — | 8:11 | — | — | 8:11 | — | — | 8:11 | — | — |
 | 5:13 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:09 | — |
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| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 8 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 4 of May has on average:
0.2 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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1.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.1 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Snow Farm at the specific elevation of 1550 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Snow Farm. 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.
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Resort name is also written as Snow Park/Snow Farm.
Visitor Reviews of Snow Farm
Overall 4.2 Based on 5 votes and 2 reviews
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- Kerb Groolgman from New Zealand writes:
Snowfarm has great XC skiing and you can kite to the summits or go touring. The XC area is superbly groomed. Friendly place. Best XC in NZ. Family friendly. If you can skate XC fast you can fly on downhill. Light gear cheap hire. Always open. Great when you get sick of the crowds downhill
Visitor Reviews of Snow Farm
Kerb Groolgman from New Zealand writes:
Snowfarm has great XC skiing and you can kite to the summits or go touring. The XC area is superbly groomed. Friendly place. Best XC in NZ. Family friendly. If you can skate XC fast you can fly on downhill. Light gear cheap hire. Always open. Great when you get sick of the crowds downhill
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