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Weather at Powder King

Weather at Powder King: 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 Powder King is usually like

The ski area runs from 914 to 1,676 m above sea level - a 762 m vertical. In December the daytime average is -6 °C at the base and -11 °C at the summit. Plan for that 5 °C gap: what feels right at the base will be cold up top. The summit sits around -11 °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 November through March. Last season brought 817 cm of snow here. The snowiest month was December: 202 cm over 22 days with snowfall. The snowpack was deepest in March, at roughly 198 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 1 °C while the summit still holds -4 °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 Powder King

0 °C
-8-13
-7-15
-1-10
4-5
121
165
188
187
123
4-3
-4-9
-9-14
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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.

Average monthly snowfall at Powder King

Snowiest month:December- 202 cm
195Jan19 days
179Feb15 days
129Mar15 days
37Apr5 days
76Nov7 days
202Dec22 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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