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Furano Now: Thursday 17th December 2015

  • Dec 17, 2015
  • 2 min read

Updated: Oct 14, 2025

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido


New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 186cm

Posted on Thursday 17th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.


Fat flakes, skinny flakes, fast flakes, slow flakes.


Nice morning in Furano. The snow started some time very early. It did get very blustery in the wee hours when the weather system arrived.


At 8.30am about 3cm had fallen in Kitanomine Village and about 10cm up the top of the resort. There have been flurries, heavy snows and bright patches ever since. Currently a flurry in Furano town.


For the next five days the forecast calls for off and on snow, but yesterday it called for rain that never arrived so our forecast is really only indicative. The best way to tell the weather is, has always been, and will always be to look outside. So we did that for you today and in a word, outside is snowy.



Furano Now 2015-2016 season

Data as of Thursday 17th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 186cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (5th December) November 2015 snowfall 77cm reported on 6 days December 2015 snowfall 109cm reported on 8 days




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