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Defender Mountain
Weather Forecast, Canada

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Defender Mountain Weather (Days 0-3):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Fri afternoon, min -16°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the WSW on Fri night, calm by Sat night).

(Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Mon morning, min -16°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Sun afternoon, stormy winds from the WSW by Mon morning).

PM night AM PM night AM PM night AM PM night AM PM night AM PM night AM
clear
partially cloudy
clear
clear
snow showers
partially cloudy
light snow
light snow
partially cloudy
cloudy
partially cloudy
partially cloudy
partially cloudy
clear
partially cloudy
snow showers
partially cloudy
partially cloudy
Wind km/h
35 W35
40 WSW40
25 WSW25
50 SW50
75 WSW75
40 W40
10 W10
5 N5
10 WSW10
15 WSW15
20 WSW20
90 WSW90
85 WNW85
25 WSW25
35 WSW35
80 WNW80
30 W30
20 SW20
clear some clouds clear clear snow shwrs some clouds light snow light snow some clouds cloudy some clouds some clouds some clouds clear some clouds snow shwrs some clouds some clouds
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Rain
Rain mm
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Snow
Snow cm
- - - - 6 - 2 3 - - - - - - - 2 - -
High °C
-8 -8 -7 -6 -8 -14 -14 -14 -15 -15 -12 -11 -13 -13 -13 -13 -14 -15
Low °C
-9 -9 -8 -7 -12 -15 -14 -15 -16 -15 -15 -12 -14 -13 -13 -13 -16 -15
Chill °C
-18 -17 -15 -16 -19 -26 -24 -18 -22 -22 -20 -26 -29 -27 -25 -24 -24 -24
Freezing level m
1200 900 1250 1650 1400 750 950 0 650 800 0 400 1100 200 800 1150 400 700
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mountain backdrop
-8-8-7-6-8-14-14-14-15-15-12-11-13-13-13-13-14-15-4-6-4-2-3-9-8-9-9-8-11-8-7-9-8-7-9-9
Sunrise
- - 7:26 - - 7:24 - - 7:22 - - 7:20 - - 7:18 - - 7:16
Sunset
6:19 - - 6:20 - - 6:22 - - 6:23 - - 6:24 - - 6:27 - -

Defender Mountain Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Defender Mountain is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri nightTemperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Fri afternoon, min -16°C on Sun morning)Winds decreasing (severe gales from the WSW on Fri night, calm by Sat night).

Defender Mountain Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snowExtremely cold (max -11°C on Mon morning, min -16°C on Tue night)Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Sun afternoon, stormy winds from the WSW by Mon morning).

This table gives the weather forecast for Defender Mountain at the specific elevation of 2821 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Defender Mountain. To see the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider overview of the weather, consult the Weather Map of Alberta.

Live conditions reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather StationTemp.WeatherWind
Cloud
Visibility
Cloud / Visibility
Nakiska Ridge top
40 km NNE
2006m alt.
3 hours ago
-5.8° C
-
Wind obs. (81 kph from 240 degs) was rejected
.
Invermere
53 km SW
865m alt.
3 hours ago
1° C
-
2
Calm
(2 kph at 86).
Bow Valley Airport
54 km NNE
1298m alt.
57 minutes ago
4.0° C
clear
-
9
Light winds from the WSW
(9 kph at 240).
BowValley
56 km NNE
1298m alt.
3 hours ago
4.7° C
-
13
Light winds from the WSW
(13 kph at 240).
Bragg Creek
63 km NE
1365m alt.
2 hours ago
6° C
-
Wind obs. (13 kph from 360 degs) was rejected
.

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Defender Mountain and within an acceptable time window.