Furano Now: Wednesday 17th January 2018
- Jan 17, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 398cm
Posted on Wednesday 17th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
There has been a dusting of snow overnight and on the slopes this fresh layer is sitting on top of the grooming. The ski area is very very quiet this morning apart from some large Japanese school groups on the leaners slopes. Today will again be a warm day topping out at -2c, but with plenty of sun around there will be melt on roads and roofs. The forecast is showing continuous light snow from Thursday onwards.
Kitanomine Zone open.
Furano Zone open.
Furano Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Wednesday 17th January 2018 Total snowfall at base 398cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (5th December) November 2017 snowfall 125cm reported on 13 days December 2017 snowfall 206cm reported on 22 days January 2018 snowfall 67cm reported on 9 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Furano. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.