CairnGorm Mountain Weather
CairnGorm Mountain Weather // Tuesday 13 October 2026
CairnGorm Mountain
1245m
1.1°c
W 60 gust 89mph
RH: 100 % Dew Pt: 1.1°c
at 17:00hrs

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?
15:00hrs0°c1.9°c1.9°c100 1.8°cmph63 gust 80W-8°c865.6mb1007mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
14:00hrs0°c2.4°c2.4°c100 2.3°cmph53 gust 79WSW-6.6°c865.6mb1007mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
13:00hrs0°c2.2°c2.2°c100 2.1°cmph53 gust 77W-6.9°c864.6mb1006mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
12:00hrs0°c3.2°c3.2°c100 3.1°cmph38 gust 77WSW-4.4°c863.7mb1004mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
11:00hrs0°c2.1°c2.1°c100 2°cmph58 gust 79W-7.3°c863.3mb1004mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
10:00hrs0°c2.2°c0°c 0°cmph60 gust 83W-7.4°c0mb1002mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
09:00hrs0°c2.4°c0°c 0°cmph64 gust 97W-7.3°c0mb1002mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
08:00hrs0°c2.6°c0°c 0°cmph58 gust 80W-6.6°c0mb1001mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
07:00hrs0°c4.1°c0°c 0°cmph57 gust 70W-4.4°c0mb999mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
06:00hrs0°c6.2°c0°c 0°cmph42 gust 78WSW-0.6°c0mb998mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
05:00hrs0°c7.7°c0°c 0°cmph66 gust 82WSW0.4°c0mb995mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
04:00hrs0°c9.2°c0°c 0°cmph51 gust 78S3.2°c0mb994mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
03:00hrs0°c9°c0°c 0°cmph58 gust 73S2.6°c0mb993mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
02:00hrs0°c8.8°c0°c 0°cmph60 gust 75S2.2°c0mb996mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
01:00hrs0°c8.5°c0°c 0°cmph48 gust 64S2.3°c0mb996mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
00:00hrs0°c8.5°c0°c 0°cmph51 gust 69S2.2°c0mb998mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
23:00hrs0°c8.3°c0°c 0°cmph51 gust 74S1.9°c0mb999mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
22:00hrs0°c8°c0°c 0°cmph53 gust 71S1.4°c0mb999mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
21:00hrs0°c7.6°c0°c 0°cmph54 gust 69S0.8°c0mb1000mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
20:00hrs0°c7.7°c0°c 0°cmph45 gust 63S1.4°c0mb1001mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
19:00hrs0°c7.7°c0°c 0°cmph42 gust 52S1.6°c0mb1002mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
18:00hrs0°c7.3°c0°c 0°cmph40 gust 53S1.2°c0mb1003mb
Snowmaking Unlikely or Impossible
17:00hrs0°c7.5°c0°c 0°cmph43 gust 53S1.3°c0mb1004mb
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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