Mount Whitney Weather Forecast

Sierra Nevada · United States

Issued: 10 pm Thu 08 Oct Local Time

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Issued: 10 pm Thu 08 Oct Local Time

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4 Mount Whitney Elevations: 4 Forecast Elevations:

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Thu night, min 0°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.										Days 5–7 Weather Summary A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Wed afternoon, min -6°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
		Friday 9			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13
	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night

	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	snow shwrs	mod. snow	snow shwrs	clear	some clouds	light snow	snow shwrs	light snow	some clouds	clear
Cloud base (m)					5400		2750	2700	2750	2750	2800	2850	2700	2750	3000
km/h	SSW	SSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	NE	N	N	NNW
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cm	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	6	3	—	—	2	3	3	—	—
mm	—	—	0.1	—	—	0.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max °C	9	8	9	6	5	5	1	1	0	-1	-4	-4	-5	-6	-3	-1
min °C	7	6	8	5	4	3	0	0	0	-6	-6	-4	-6	-6	-4	-3
chill °C	5	4	7	2	0	-1	-5	-5	-5	-13	-13	-11	-6	-11	-11	-10

Freezing level m	4650	4650	4600	4300	4300	4000	3500	3500	3450	2700	2800	2800	2600	2650	3050	3150

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Mount Whitney Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Mount Whitney is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Thu night, min 0°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Mount Whitney Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Wed afternoon, min -6°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

This table gives the weather forecast for Mount Whitney at the specific elevation of 3500 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Mount Whitney. 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 California.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather Station	Temp.	Weather	Wind	Cloud Visibility Cloud / Visibility
Bishop Airport 88 km N 1247m alt. 2 hours ago	11°C	Clear	Light winds from the NW (9 kph at 310).	16 km
Porterville CA Airport 93 km SSW 196m alt. 2 hours ago	21°C	Clear	Light winds from the SSE (9 kph at 160).	16 km
Kernville 95 km S 797m alt. 52 minutes ago	18°C	Dry	Calm (3 kph at 317).
Visalia Municipal Airport 104 km SW 203m alt. 2 hours ago	21°C	-	Light winds from the SSE (6 kph at 160).	16 km
China Lake Airfield 116 km SSE 716m alt. 1 hour ago	21°C	-	Light winds from the SW (13 kph at 220).	16 km
Ridgecrest 121 km SSE 695m alt. 59 minutes ago	21°C	Dry	Calm (2 kph at 0).
Ridgecrest wx 121 km SSE 722m alt. 1 hour ago	24°C	Dry	Calm (0 kph at 0).
Hanford Airport 122 km SW 215m alt. 2 hours ago	21°C	Clear	Light winds from the WSW (6 kph at 250).	16 km
Hanford 123 km WSW 77m alt. 54 minutes ago		-	Calm (0 kph at 349).
Ridgecrest 123 km SSE 751m alt. 2 hours ago	26°C	Dry	Light winds from the S (8 kph at 190).

* 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.