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Cathedral Spires Forecast updated 35 minutes ago
| Elevation: 6,650 feet |
| Sunrise / Sunset: 7:02 AM / 7:02 PM |
| Forecast | High / Low | Precip. Chance |
Wind (gust) / Humidity |
Conditions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Mar 15 |
45° 32° |
0% -- |
6 mph (8 mph) 59% |
-- | |
| Tomorrow Mar 16 |
50° 25° |
0% -- |
5 mph (8 mph) 55% |
-- | |
| Wednesday Mar 17 |
62° 32° |
0% 13% PM |
6 mph (9 mph) 37% |
-- | |
| Thursday Mar 18 |
44° 29° |
32% 48% PM 0.05 in |
7 mph (9 mph) 62% |
chance of light rain | |
| Friday Mar 19 |
32° 20° |
48% 11% PM |
11 mph 75% |
chance of light snow | |
| Saturday Mar 20 |
33° 15° |
10% 11% PM |
7 mph 74% |
-- | |
| Sunday Mar 21 |
41° 18° |
8% 7% PM |
7 mph 62% |
-- | |
| Today | Temp / Cloud Cover |
Precip. Chance |
Wind (gus) / Humidity | Conditions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:00 PM |
41° 21% |
0% |
7 mph (8 mph) 50% |
-- | |
| 9:00 PM |
32° 22% |
0% |
5 mph (6 mph) 69% |
-- | |
| Tomorrow | Temp / Cloud Cover |
Precip. Chance |
Wind (gus) / Humidity | Conditions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM |
29° 23% |
0% |
7 mph (8 mph) 75% |
-- | |
| 3:00 AM |
26° 20% |
0% |
5 mph (6 mph) 81% |
-- | |
| 6:00 AM |
25° 16% |
0% |
4 mph (5 mph) 81% |
-- | |
| 9:00 AM |
32° 15% |
0% |
5 mph (6 mph) 61% |
-- | |
| 12:00 PM |
43° 13% |
0% |
3 mph (4 mph) 39% |
-- | |
| 3:00 PM |
49° 15% |
0% |
11 mph (14 mph) 30% |
-- | |
| 6:00 PM |
47° 16% |
0% |
7 mph (8 mph) 33% |
-- | |
| 9:00 PM |
38° 15% |
0% |
4 mph (5 mph) 46% |
-- | |
| Wednesday | Temp / Cloud Cover |
Precip. Chance |
Wind (gus) / Humidity | Conditions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM |
35° 14% |
0% |
2 mph (3 mph) 49% |
-- | |
| 3:00 AM |
33° 22% |
0% |
4 mph (5 mph) 51% |
-- | |
| 6:00 AM |
32° 29% |
0% |
4 mph (5 mph) 51% |
-- | |
| 9:00 AM |
40° 30% |
0% |
5 mph (6 mph) 34% |
-- | |
| 12:00 PM |
54° 32% |
0% |
7 mph (8 mph) 20% |
-- | |
| 3:00 PM |
60° 33% |
0% |
8 mph (9 mph) 18% |
-- | |
| 6:00 PM |
56° 34% |
0% |
11 mph (14 mph) 25% |
-- | |
| 9:00 PM |
40° 42% |
13% |
8 mph (9 mph) 50% |
-- | |
| Thursday | Temp / Cloud Cover |
Precip. Chance |
Wind (gus) / Humidity | Conditions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM |
35° 51% |
13% |
4 mph (5 mph) 64% |
-- | |
| 3:00 AM |
31° 60% |
13% |
5 mph (6 mph) 75% |
-- | |
| 6:00 AM |
29° 67% |
13% |
9 mph (10 mph) 81% |
slight chance of light rain | |
| 9:00 AM |
32° 67% |
32%
0.01 in |
9 mph (10 mph) 72% |
slight chance of light rain | |
| 12:00 PM |
40° 86% |
32%
0.01 in |
9 mph (10 mph) 51% |
chance of light rain | |
| 3:00 PM |
43° 86% |
32%
0.02 in |
9 mph 45% |
chance of light rain | |
| 6:00 PM |
40° 90% |
32%
0.02 in |
9 mph (10 mph) 48% |
chance of light snow | |
| Friday | Temp / Cloud Cover |
Precip. Chance |
Wind (gus) / Humidity | Conditions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM |
25° 90% |
48% |
11 mph 85% |
chance of light snow | |
| 6:00 AM |
20° 90% |
48% |
11 mph 100% |
chance of light snow | |
| 12:00 PM |
29° 93% |
48% |
11 mph 61% |
chance of light snow | |
| 6:00 PM |
29° 70% |
48% |
11 mph 55% |
-- | |
| Saturday | Temp / Cloud Cover |
Precip. Chance |
Wind (gus) / Humidity | Conditions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM |
18° 64% |
11% |
9 mph 84% |
-- | |
| 6:00 AM |
15° 61% |
11% |
5 mph 96% |
-- | |
| 12:00 PM |
28° 43% |
10% |
7 mph 60% |
-- | |
| 6:00 PM |
30° 30% |
10% |
10 mph 58% |
-- | |
| Sunday | Temp / Cloud Cover |
Precip. Chance |
Wind (gus) / Humidity | Conditions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM |
21° 32% |
11% |
9 mph 77% |
-- | |
| 6:00 AM |
18° 32% |
11% |
7 mph 80% |
-- | |
| 12:00 PM |
35° 32% |
8% |
6 mph 45% |
-- | |
| 6:00 PM |
38° 53% |
8% |
9 mph 47% |
-- | |
| Monday | Temp / Cloud Cover |
Precip. Chance |
Wind (gus) / Humidity | Conditions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM |
27° 52% |
7% |
8 mph 71% |
-- | |
| 6:00 AM |
24° 40% |
7% |
7 mph 77% |
-- | |
| 12:00 PM |
39° 40% |
9% |
8 mph 46% |
-- | |
| 6:00 PM |
41° 37% |
9% |
2 mph 49% |
-- | |
Monthly averages are for the weather station MT RUSHMORE NATL MEM, which is 4 miles away and 1400 feet below the location used for the Cathedral Spires forecasts.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | 32.7 | 35.9 | 41.7 | 49.8 | 60.6 | 71.5 | 78.8 | 77.5 | 67.2 | 55.3 | 40.6 | 34.3 | 53.8 |
| Mean | 24.4 | 27.4 | 32.6 | 40.4 | 50.7 | 61.2 | 68.5 | 67.6 | 57.9 | 46.3 | 32.8 | 26.3 | 44.7 |
| Low | 16.1 | 18.8 | 23.4 | 30.9 | 40.8 | 50.9 | 58.1 | 57.7 | 48.5 | 37.3 | 25.0 | 18.3 | 35.5 |
| Precipitation (inches) | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 21.4 |
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At 11,000ft
A quick view of Sky Pond and the Cathedral Spires. The wind was blowing pretty hard, so the sound is a little bad. Would you climb those?
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A Little Lower A Little Higher
Climbing Lower and Higher Cathedral Spires In Yosemite.
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Excerpt from Climbing Cathedral Spires, 1936
www.autrynationalcenter.org An excerpt from a video on display at the Autry's new exhibit, Granite Frontiers: A Century of Yosemite Climbing. June 12-October 4, 2009
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Bus Climbing
I'm in South Dakota in the cathedral spires with my family on vacation. We were up in these rocks above the entrance/exit to a tunnel. This guy that had climbing gear walked by and since I'm big on...
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