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Weather at Lake Louise

Weather at Lake Louise: 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 Lake Louise is usually like

The ski area runs from 1,646 to 2,637 m above sea level - a 991 m vertical. In December the daytime average is -8 °C at the base and -14 °C at the summit. Plan for that 6 °C gap: what feels right at the base will be cold up top. The summit sits around -14 °C at the same time of year - at that point the wind matters more than the thermometer.

Average daytime highs at the summit stay below freezing from October through April.

Snowmaking covers 40% of the runs, so the start of the season barely depends on when natural snow arrives. The season usually runs from 7 November to 2 May.

By April the base is around 4 °C while the summit still holds -2 °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 Lake Louise

0 °C
-9-16
-9-17
-3-12
1-8
7-2
121
175
175
111
2-7
-6-13
-11-18
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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.
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