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Weather on Rigi Kulm (1796 m)

1796 m above sea level · Canton of Schwyz

Today cloudy, 1 to 1 °C, freezing level around 2950 m.

Current weather

-0.1°
overcast
Wind8 km/h from E
Precipitation 1 h0.0 mm
Cloud cover100 %

Local forecast (ICON-CH1), altitude-corrected to 1796 m · for 05:00. Source: MeteoSwiss.

Nearest measuring station Gersau (521 m), 7 km away: 8.0°, humidity 86 %, measured at 05:00.

Hourly forecast

Fri 05
0°
↑25
06
0°
↑28
07
0°
↑30
08
0°
↑32
09
0°
↑36
10
1°
↑35
11
1°
↑36
12
2°
↑37
13
2°
↑36
14
2°
↑34
15
2°
↑32
16
2°
↑30
17
1°
↑24
18
0°
↑21
19
0°
↑22
20
0°
↑23
21
0°
↑24
22
0°
↑26
23
0°
↑26
Sat 00
0°
↑27
01
0°
↑27
02
0°
↑28
03
-1°
↑28
04
-1°
↑29
05
-1°
↑30
06
-1°
↑31
07
-1°
↑31
08
-1°
↑32
09
0°
↑32
10
-1°
↑34
11
-1°
↑34
12
0°
↑36
13
0°
↑35
14
0°
↑34
15
0°
↑32
16
0°
↑30
17
0°
↑28
18
0°
↑26
19
0°
↑25

Temperature altitude-corrected to 1796 m. Source: MeteoSwiss (ICON-CH2).

5-day forecast

Fri
30 Oct
1° 0°
dry
gusts 29
Sat
31 Oct
0° -1°
dry
gusts 36
Sun
1 Nov
0° -3°
dry
gusts 57
Mon
2 Nov
-3° -4°
dry
gusts 37
Tue
3 Nov
❄❄
-3° -4°
dry
gusts 29
Temperature (max / min, °C) and precipitation (mm) of the 5-day forecast. Chart drawn client-side; all values are shown as tiles above.

Forecast ICON-CH2 (MeteoSwiss), run 29.10. 19:00, calculated for 1796 m.

Rigi Kulm at a glance

The mountain weather on Rigi Kulm (1,798 m) is famous for sunrises above the sea of fog: in winter the «Queen of the Mountains» often lies above the high fog. Exposed and windy; the forecast is corrected for altitude.

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Please note: Weather forecasts are uncertain, and mountain weather can change quickly. No liability is accepted for the information; the original sources MeteoSwiss and SLF are authoritative. This page is no substitute for the official SLF avalanche bulletin or for your own assessment on the ground.