Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
National Weather Service Seattle WA
322 AM PDT Tue Oct 20 2026
.SYNOPSIS...
Upper level low remaining well south of the park through
Wednesday with zonal flow aloft over the area. Weak upper level
trough moving through Thursday night. Western Washington in
between systems Friday. Lots of uncertainty remains in the weekend
forecast with the best chances for a front moving through later
Saturday into Sunday morning. Upper level ridge building Monday.
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.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 10500 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 11000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 10500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 10500 feet.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 10000 feet.
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Temperature and wind forecasts for selected locations.
Tue Tue Wed Wed Thu
Night Night
Summit (14411 FT) 13 16 15 15 11
SW 25 SW 30 SW 35 SW 35 SW 30
Camp Muir(10188 FT) 36 33 38 33 36
S 15 SW 20 SW 25 SW 25 W 15
Paradise (5420 FT) 54 43 57 40 46
NE 5 N 5 W 5 W 5 W 5
Longmire (2760 FT) 65 44 67 42 56
E 5 NE 5 NW 5 Calm SW 5
++ Temperatures and wind for the summit and Camp Muir are average
conditions expected in the free air at those elevations.
++ Temperatures for Paradise and Longmire are the expected highs and
lows. Wind is the average wind expected during that period.
.Extended Forecast...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Snow
level near 6000 feet decreasing to 4500 feet after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then becoming sunny.
Freezing level near 5000 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 5500 feet.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a chance of rain and snow in the afternoon. Snow
level near 3500 feet increasing to 4500 feet in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely in the evening, then
mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow after midnight. Snow
level near 5000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain and snow in the afternoon.
Snow level near 5500 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Freezing level near 6000 feet.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level rising to near 11000 feet.
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