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Weather at Kirkwood

Weather at Kirkwood: a six-day forecast for three elevations of the mountain. Temperature, precipitation, wind and cloud cover from MET Norway. Updated several times a day.

What the weather at Kirkwood is usually like

The ski area runs from 2,377 to 2,987 m above sea level - a 610 m vertical. In December the daytime average is 2 °C at the base and -2 °C at the summit. Plan for that 4 °C gap: what feels right at the base will be cold up top. Midwinter days at the base run above freezing, so the lower runs soften by midday and the morning snow lasts longer higher up.

Average daytime highs at the summit stay below freezing from December through March. Last season brought 953 cm of snow here. The snowiest month was February: 211 cm over 9 days with snowfall. The snowpack was deepest in March, at roughly 248 cm. These are observations from a single season, not a long-term norm: a snowy year here can be twice a lean one.

By March the base is around 3 °C while the summit still holds -1 °C: on days like that, start early and stay high. Based on monthly averages and the resort elevations. For the coming days, see the forecast above.

Average monthly temperature in Kirkwood

0 °C
0-8
0-9
1-8
5-5
9-2
174
229
218
175
120
4-6
0-8
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
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Oct
Nov
Dec
Average daytime highAverage night-time lowData by Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis) for the mid station; top and base are derived with the standard lapse rate of 0.65 °C per 100 m, exactly as the source itself does. Averaged over 2015 - 2024.

Average monthly snowfall at Kirkwood

Snowiest month:February- 211 cm
191Jan9 days
211Feb9 days
194Mar10 days
73Apr4 days
95Nov5 days
189Dec10 days

Snowfall per month - cm. Below each bar - how many days it snowed that month. Observation data for the last 3 completed seasons.

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