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NIAGARA ESCARPMENT · DOLOSTONE

Niagara Escarpment — Rattlesnake Point climbing conditions

Poor — wet, too windy or closed

Right now

Temp18°C
Wind15 km/h
Gusts22 km/h
Humidity82.6%
Rain 48hdry
Last rainNone recent

Assessment

3.3mm rain forecast

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Thursday 1 October
Poor
Temp18°C
Rain3mm
Wind20 km/h
Gusts22 km/h
Humidity89%
3.3mm rain forecast
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 18° dry 16 — 85.6%
07:00 18° dry 15 — 86%
08:00 17° dry 14 — 87.3%
09:00 17° dry 14 — 87.3%
10:00 18° dry 15 — 88.4%
11:00 18° dry 16 — 89.3%
12:00 18° 1mm 17 — 88.6%
13:00 18° 1mm 19 — 94.4%
14:00 18° dry 24 — 95.5%
15:00 19° dry 21 — 90.2%
16:00 21° dry 25 — 78.2%
17:00 22° dry 27 — 73.4%
18:00 22° 0.5mm 24 — 75.7%
19:00 21° 0.3mm 24 — 84%
20:00 20° dry 22 — 90.5%
21:00 21° dry 21 — 88.5%
Fri Friday 2 October
Poor
Temp14°C
Rain3mm
Wind17 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity73%
2.5mm rain forecast
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 17° 0.4mm 16 — 95.6%
07:00 17° 0.1mm 17 — 95%
08:00 15° dry 19 — 93%
09:00 14° dry 18 — 85.7%
10:00 13° dry 17 — 77.7%
11:00 13° dry 17 — 74.6%
12:00 13° dry 17 — 75.1%
13:00 13° dry 16 — 76.4%
14:00 14° dry 16 — 75.2%
15:00 15° dry 17 — 70.7%
16:00 16° dry 19 — 62.4%
17:00 17° dry 20 — 56.1%
18:00 17° dry 21 — 53.1%
19:00 17° dry 21 — 50.8%
20:00 17° dry 21 — 48.6%
21:00 16° dry 21 — 49.3%
Sat Saturday 3 October
Caution
Temp8°C
Raindry
Wind13 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity91%
Drying — 30h since rain
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 10° dry 18 — 83.4%
07:00 9° dry 17 — 85.4%
08:00 9° dry 16 — 86.5%
09:00 9° dry 15 — 87.4%
10:00 8° dry 15 — 89.6%
11:00 8° dry 14 — 91.4%
12:00 9° dry 11 — 91%
18:00 16° dry 9 — 44.4%
Sun Sunday 4 October
Good
Temp8°C
Raindry
Wind—
Gusts—
Humidity86%
Should be dry
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 7° dry 0 — 88.1%
12:00 8° dry 0 — 86.2%
18:00 18° dry 15 — 56.7%
Mon Monday 5 October
Good
Temp8°C
Raindry
Wind13 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity88%
Should be dry
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 11° dry 11 — 90.1%
12:00 8° dry 13 — 87.8%
18:00 14° dry 15 — 48.8%
Tue Tuesday 6 October
Good
Temp4°C
Raindry
Wind11 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity84%
Should be dry
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 4° dry 10 — 78.6%
12:00 4° dry 11 — 84%
18:00 14° dry 12 — 45.4%
Wed Wednesday 7 October
Poor
Temp8°C
Rain1mm
Wind11 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity81%
1.1mm rain forecast
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 7° dry 9 — 72%
12:00 8° dry 11 — 80.8%
18:00 17° 1mm 22 — 52%
Thu Thursday 8 October
Poor
Temp11°C
Rain0.7mm
Wind18 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity92%
0.7mm rain forecast
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 13° dry 19 — 95.8%
12:00 11° dry 18 — 92.4%
18:00 17° dry 21 — 52%

About Niagara Escarpment — Rattlesnake Point

West-facing, heavily treed dolostone cliff a short drive from Nemo. Afternoon sun accelerates drying on the open sectors, but top-soil runoff from the caprock keeps crack features seeping after any prolonged rain.

Region
Niagara Escarpment
Rock type
Dolostone
Aspect
west-facing
Altitude
290m
Exposure
low
Seepage
medium

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