Australian officials are anxious but the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has downplayed increasingly warm temperatures in PyeongChang.
Winter Games athletes are having to cope with an extra layer of difficulty as snow conditions worsen, with temperatures threatening the double digits.
A top of six degrees was recorded during alpine skiing competition on Sunday, a far cry from the temperatures well into the negatives for the first days of Olympic competition a month ago.
The day's final event in the super-G resulted in 11 athletes from a 28-man field failing to finish in soft and slushy snow at around midday, including Australia's Sam Tait.
"You've just got to not really think about that too much," Tait said.
"It's going to get warmer and warmer. It's just going to be a bumpy ride."
Australian athletes expressed mixed feelings about their prospects in the warmth, with some embracing the home-like conditions and others lamenting the additional challenge.
The conditions haven't proved an advantage so far, with Tori Pendergast the only one of Australia's six skiers thus far to come close to the podium.
"I'm very worried about the warmer conditions," Australian chef de mission Nick Dean said.
"It's looks like spring has sprung, as of (Sunday). But it's the same for everybody.
"The people who find the most difficulty are the seated because you can see when the sit-skiers were coming down it was really bumpy towards the end, so that's a problem for them."
The temperature is forecast to reach 10 degrees at around midday at Jeongseon Alpine Centre for Monday's snowboard cross event.
IPC spokesman Craig Spence pointed to the Sochi 2014 Games reaching 15 degrees to alleviate concerns.
"The weather temperatures in Sochi four years ago (were similar) and those Games were successful," Spence said.
"When we were here a year ago for the test events, there was little snow and the temperatures were far higher, and the test events were a success.
"We are monitoring the weather."
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