Temple Basin Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Temple Basin is: Heavy rain (total 26.0mm), heaviest during Fri night. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Thu afternoon, min 3°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the WNW by Fri night).
Temple Basin Weather (Days 4-6): Heavy rain (total 30.0mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Mild temperatures (max 5°C on Sun night, min 3°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the N by Mon night).
| Resort | Snow Depth | Temp. (°C) | Wind (km/h) | Weather | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Lift: | 0.0 m | 8 |  | |||
| Middle Lift: | 9 | | ||||
| Bottom Lift: | 0.0 m | 7 | |
Thu 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | ||||||||||||
PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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clear | clear | clear | rain shwrs | heavy rain | mod. rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | |
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— | — | — | 1 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 1 | — | |
max °C | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
min °C | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
6 | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |
50 | 24 | 43 | 68 | 92 | 99 | 99 | 85 | 86 | 90 | 91 | 78 | 87 | 88 | 98 | 58 | 35 | |
3750 | 3750 | 3750 | 3750 | 2800 | 2750 | 2600 | 2450 | 2550 | 2650 | 2750 | 2700 | 2850 | 2900 | 2600 | 2900 | 3000 | |
 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — |
 | 7:22 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 6:17 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:15 | — |
Heavy rain (total 26.0mm), heaviest during Fri night. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Thu afternoon, min 3°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the WNW by Fri night).
Heavy rain (total 30.0mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Mild temperatures (max 5°C on Sun night, min 3°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the N by Mon night).
Latest snow reports near Temple Basin:
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 2 Mar 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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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 Temple Basin at the specific elevation of 1923 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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Overall 3.8 Based on 20 votes and 4 reviews
Temple Basin is the only ski area in the Southern Alps, all the other ski areas are in the foot hills blocked by the Alps, that is why Temple gets the big dumps from the NW! The best memory I have is skiing Temple 11.00pm under lights freshies up to my nipples!
Sickbird from New Zealand writes:
Temple Basin is the only ski area in the Southern Alps, all the other ski areas are in the foot hills blocked by the Alps, that is why Temple gets the big dumps from the NW!
The best memory I have is skiing Temple 11.00pm under lights freshies up to my nipples!
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