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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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Thredbo at 1701 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 9 pm (local time) / 29 May 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:A dusting of new snow. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Fri night, min -1°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 50.0mm), mainly falling Tue night. Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Tue night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Tue night, min -2°C on Wed night). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||
Saturday 30 | Sunday 31 | Monday 1 | Tuesday 2 | Wednesday 3 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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some clouds | cloudy | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | some clouds | some clouds | light snow | light snow | heavy rain | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | |
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— | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | 13 | 26 | — | — | — | |
max °C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
min °C | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
-3 | -2 | -4 | -5 | -7 | -6 | -6 | -4 | -6 | -6 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -5 | -7 | -10 | |
83 | 84 | 85 | 97 | 83 | 81 | 82 | 76 | 69 | 97 | 94 | 96 | 93 | 92 | 97 | 89 | |
2750 | 2100 | 1900 | 1800 | 1550 | 1650 | 1450 | 1550 | 2550 | 2000 | 2000 | 2150 | 2100 | 2000 | 1850 | 1300 | |
 | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 4:59 | — | — | 4:59 | — | — | 4:59 | — |
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Thredbo Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 7 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in Australia - New South Wales are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 4 of May has on average:
0.1 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.1 | 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 Thredbo at the specific elevation of 1701 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Thredbo. 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 Australia.
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Visitor Reviews of Thredbo
Overall 3.2 Based on 30 votes and 44 reviews
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- Karen Tarlington from Australia writes:
Be aware that when purchasing kids ski lessons it is a requirement to also purchase chairlift pass at $110 extra each child even though the chairlift is not used at all during their lesson no refund nor even a credit is given. Very deceptive and unfair policy.
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Karen Tarlington from Australia writes:
Be aware that when purchasing kids ski lessons it is a requirement to also purchase chairlift pass at $110 extra each child even though the chairlift is not used at all during their lesson no refund nor even a credit is given. Very deceptive and unfair policy.
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