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– Lat/Long: 78.60° S 85.30° W

Mount Rutford
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 11 pm Sun 30 Aug Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -36°C on Sun night, min -42°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (gales from the W on Sun night, moderate winds from the S by Tue night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -30°C on Fri night, min -37°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Monday
31
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
3950
4700
4600
4850
4250
km/h
65
W
35
SSE
45
SE
55
ESE
50
SE
45
ESE
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WNW
25
NW
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Snowflake cm
3
 mm
max °C
-36
-41
-41
-38
-37
-37
-36
-37
-37
-36
-35
-34
-31
-31
-31
-30
min °C
-42
-42
-41
-40
-37
-37
-37
-37
-37
-37
-36
-35
-33
-31
-31
-33
 chill °C
-61
-63
-64
-62
-59
-58
-54
-53
-54
-53
-53
-52
-51
-47
-46
-48
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-39-42-41-39-37-37-37-37-37-37-36-35-32-31-31-32-33-37-36-33-32-32-31-31-31-31-30-28-26-24-24-26-27-32-30-26-27-27-26-25-25-25-24-22-20-18-18-20-22-30-27-24-24-25-23-23-23-23-22-20-18-16-15-16-16-25-23-19-19-19-18-18-18-18-17-15-12-10-10-10
Sunrise
2:44
2:33
2:24
2:14
2:03
Sunset
8:41
8:51
9:00
9:10
9:18

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Mount Rutford Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Rutford is: A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -36°C on Sun night, min -42°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (gales from the W on Sun night, moderate winds from the S by Tue night).

Mount Rutford Weather (Days 3-6):

A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -30°C on Fri night, min -37°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

This table gives the weather forecast for Mount Rutford at the specific elevation of 4477 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Mount Rutford. 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 Antarctica.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather StationTemp.WeatherWindGusts
Cloud
Visibility
Cloud / Visibility
BaseBelgranoII
1121 km ESE
256m alt.
2 hours ago
-16°C
State of sky unchanged.
28
Moderate winds from the E
(28 kph at 90).
40 km
Mid: scattered
BaseSanMartin
1292 km NE
7m alt.
2 hours ago
-22°C
-
Wind obs. (15 kph from 360 degs) was rejected.
40 km
Mid: mostly cloudy
1323 km S
2835m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (22 kph from 90 degs) was rejected.
28 km
Mid: few
1340 km S
3012m alt.
2 hours ago
-
20
Moderate winds from the W
(20 kph at 270).
8.0 km
High: few
hy2b256E67S
1419 km WNW
15m alt.
4 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the SSW
(28 kph at 200).
- km
hy2b254E67S
1440 km WNW
15m alt.
4 hours ago
28
Moderate winds from the SSW
(28 kph at 198).
- km
hy2b257E67S
1442 km NW
15m alt.
4 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the S
(24 kph at 190).
- km
hy2b272E66S
1442 km N
15m alt.
4 hours ago
26
Moderate winds from the SW
(26 kph at 225).
- km
hy2b255E67S
1450 km WNW
15m alt.
4 hours ago
26
Moderate winds from the S
(26 kph at 190).
- km
hy2b257E66S
1469 km NW
15m alt.
4 hours ago
24
Moderate winds from the S
(24 kph at 180).
- km

* 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.