CairnGorm Mountain Weather
CairnGorm Mountain Weather // Friday 25 September 2026
CairnGorm Mountain
1245m
4.9°c
WSW 45 gust 63mph
RH: 100 % Dew Pt: 4.9°c
at 01:00hrs

This page provides a basic summary of the past hour or past 24 hours weather conditions as recorded by the Met office's Automatic Weather Station located at CairnGorm Summit at an elevation of 4084ft (1245m).

Constant wind speed over numerous readings or persistent 0mph speed in cold temperatures is indicative of Anemometer Icing.

TimeHut TempAir TempDew PointRel Hum %Wet BulbWind SpeedWind (5 Minute)DirWind ChillAbsolute Air PressureSLPSnow Making?
23:00hrs0°c4.7°c4.7°c100 4.6°cmph22 gust 43W-0.7°c870.6mb1012mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
22:00hrs0°c5.6°c5.6°c100 5.5°cmph25 gust 42W0.1°c871.6mb1013mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
21:00hrs0°c7.7°c7.7°c100 7.6°cmph36 gust 53SSW2°c872.2mb1013mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
20:00hrs0°c7.4°c7.4°c100 7.3°cmph44 gust 57S1°c871.1mb1011mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
19:00hrs0°c6.8°c6.8°c100 6.7°cmph42 gust 58S0.4°c871mb1011mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
18:00hrs0°c6.3°c6.3°c100 6.2°cmph45 gust 58S-0.6°c871.7mb1012mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
17:00hrs0°c5.6°c5.6°c100 5.5°cmph40 gust 54S-1.2°c871.5mb1012mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
16:00hrs0°c5.1°c5.1°c100 5°cmph40 gust 52S-1.9°c873mb1014mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
15:00hrs0°c4.7°c4.7°c100 4.6°cmph39 gust 66S-2.4°c873.1mb1014mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
14:00hrs0°c5.3°c4.9°c97 4.9°cmph50 gust 60SSW-2.2°c873.2mb1014mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
13:00hrs0°c4.2°c2.7°c90 3.2°cmph44 gust 60SSW-3.4°c872.9mb1014mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
12:00hrs0°c3.7°c0.9°c82 2°cmph45 gust 72SSW-4.3°c873.5mb1015mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
11:00hrs0°c3.7°c1.9°c88 2.5°cmph60 gust 73SSW-5.2°c874mb1016mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
10:00hrs0°c3°c2.7°c98 2.7°cmph44 gust 58S-5.2°c874.6mb1017mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
09:00hrs0°c2.6°c2.6°c100 2.4°cmph40 gust 51S-5.4°c875.9mb1019mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
08:00hrs0°c2.1°c1.8°c98 1.8°cmph36 gust 45S-5.8°c876.6mb1020mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
07:00hrs0°c2.6°c-0.3°c81 0.9°cmph37 gust 47S-5.1°c876.6mb1020mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
06:00hrs0°c1.7°c-0.1°c88 0.6°cmph23 gust 42SSE-4.9°c876.3mb1022mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
05:00hrs0°c2°c-0.6°c83 0.5°cmph19 gust 31S-4°c876.9mb1023mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
04:00hrs0°c1.4°c0.4°c93 0.7°cmph22 gust 30S-5.2°c876.9mb1023mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
03:00hrs0°c1.9°c0.4°c90 0.9°cmph25 gust 29S-4.9°c877.9mb1024mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
02:00hrs0°c1.6°c-0.5°c86 0.3°cmph16 gust 25S-3.9°c878.8mb1025mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
01:00hrs0°c2.4°c-1.7°c74 0.2°cmph11 gust 20SW-2°c879.2mb1025mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible

The Snow Making 'Fan Gun' is a crude approximation based on Wet Bulb temperature as to whether various snow making system may have been able to make snow at that point in time at similar altitude to the AWS. Where Wetbulb Temperature is not available, the fan gun icon is based solely on air temperature, under almost all circumstances the wet bulb temperature will be colder than the air temperature.




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