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🇦🇺🇳🇿 Southern Hemisphere Weekly Snow Roundup #316
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Temple Basin at 1708 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 11 pm (local time) / 28 May 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 22.0mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Mild temperatures (max 6°C on Sun afternoon, min 3°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, strong winds from the NNW by Sun afternoon). | Days 5-7 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 149.0mm), heaviest during Sun night. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Sun night, min 1°C on Wed afternoon). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||
Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | Sunday 31 | Monday 1 | Tuesday 2 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | rain shwrs | light rain | heavy rain | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 18 | 31 | 25 | 24 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 22 | |
max °C | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
min °C | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -1 | -3 | |
73 | 48 | 56 | 32 | 35 | 69 | 77 | 98 | 99 | 94 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 91 | 83 | 97 | |
2550 | 2750 | 2850 | 3000 | 3350 | 3400 | 3350 | 3050 | 3000 | 2950 | 3000 | 3000 | 2950 | 2650 | 2450 | 2150 | |
 | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:07 | — |
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Temple Basin Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 21 Apr 2026 |
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Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Snow History
Week 4 of May has on average:
0.4 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.9 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
1.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Photos of Temple Basin
Air in Bill's Basement - Temple Basin Ski Area. Johnny McCormack by Martin Toon
Heading to Extreme Terrain. Steve Eastwood by Martin Toon
Cassidy Chutes at Temple Basin Ski Area. Volkl by Martin Toon
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Temple Basin at the specific elevation of 1708 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Temple Basin. 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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Visitor Reviews of Temple Basin
Overall 3.8 Based on 20 votes and 4 reviews
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- Simon from New Zealand writes:
Temple basin is a cool environment, particularly for younger people. Although there are negatives associated with skiing Temple (rope tows, avalanche danger, difficult access to some of the very best terrain, sharing dorm rooms). However, these things may not sound like negatives to some. The very best terrain here is 'experts only' so for some that is a big plus. If you are an intermediate to advanced skier there is fun to be had, though more limited. It might, however, be a place to try and introduce yourself to bigger mountain skiing; deeper powder, steeper slopes, chutes, climb-only accessed terrain. It really has it all for a budding big mountain rider or alpinist. The scenery is also spectacular on a good day, though the weather is quite unpredictable I would imagine. Choose your days carefully.
Visitor Reviews of Temple Basin
Simon from New Zealand writes:
Temple basin is a cool environment, particularly for younger people. Although there are negatives associated with skiing Temple (rope tows, avalanche danger, difficult access to some of the very best terrain, sharing dorm rooms). However, these things may not sound like negatives to some. The very best terrain here is 'experts only' so for some that is a big plus.
If you are an intermediate to advanced skier there is fun to be had, though more limited. It might, however, be a place to try and introduce yourself to bigger mountain skiing; deeper powder, steeper slopes, chutes, climb-only accessed terrain. It really has it all for a budding big mountain rider or alpinist. The scenery is also spectacular on a good day, though the weather is quite unpredictable I would imagine. Choose your days carefully.
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