EARTH · WINTER · NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand — snow, live
The Southern Alps and the volcanoes of the North Island — New Zealand’s commercial fields run roughly mid-June to mid-October, with the Queenstown and Wānaka mountains the heart of the southern winter. The table below is live: the weather model’s snow depth at each resort’s coordinates, the fresh-snow forecast for the next three days, the temperature now and today’s range, and the freezing level — every figure sourced and shown with its resort’s local clock time.
Reading the table
Model snow depthis how deep the DWD ICON weather model says the snow on the ground is at the resort’s coordinates — the model cell’s elevation is shown under each resort so you know exactly what the number describes. Fresh snow, next 3 days is the forecast new snowfall over the next three calendar days including today. Freezing levelis the altitude where the air hits 0 °C — the snow line: precipitation falls as snow above it and rain below it, so a freezing level under the resort’s elevation is the number powder days are made of. Snow depth is the weather model’s reading at the resort’s coordinates — not the resort’s own reported base, which snowmaking and grooming can push higher. No surface here claims lift status or piste conditions.
Sources: Open-Meteo forecast (DWD ICON model — snow depth, snowfall, freezing level, temperature) · free & keyless · CC BY 4.0 · resort roster © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).