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North America Weekly Snow Roundup #312
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Vars at 1861 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 7 pm (local time) / 30 Apr 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:Light rain (total 9.0mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 12°C on Sat afternoon, min 3°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 41.0mm), heaviest during Mon night. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Sun night, min 1°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||
Friday 1 | Saturday 2 | Sunday 3 | Monday 4 | Tuesday 5 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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rain shwrs | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | mod. rain | heavy rain | light rain | rain shwrs | light rain | |
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6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
max °C | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
min °C | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | |
89 | 68 | 65 | 81 | 43 | 43 | 59 | 44 | 51 | 64 | 90 | 98 | 98 | 94 | 81 | 91 | |
2800 | 2900 | 3150 | 3200 | 3050 | 3150 | 3000 | 2750 | 2900 | 2850 | 2550 | 2600 | 2700 | 2750 | 2650 | 2350 | |
 | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | 8:38 | — | — | 8:39 | — | — | 8:42 |
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Vars Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 22 Apr 2026 |
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Other resorts in France are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 1 of May has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.1 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Vars at the specific elevation of 1861 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Vars. 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 France.
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Visitor Reviews of Vars
Overall 3.9 Based on 35 votes and 9 reviews
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- Juan Lucas from France writes:
Great resort! Cleary in my Top3.
Visitor Reviews of Vars
Juan Lucas from France writes:
Great resort! Cleary in my Top3.
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