Furano Now: Thursday 2nd May 2024
- May 2, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 19, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 800cm
Posted on Thursday 2nd May 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Another fine season has finally come to and end, with today being the last day of operation for the 2023-2024 winter.
It was a very good snowfall year with a total of 800cm of snowfall measured in the Kitanomine ski village. This is the second highest recording in the last 12 years, second to 820cm that fell in the 2015-16 season. Remembering that this measurement in not taken from the mountain, but from a location in the ski village, and on mountain it can often be up to 2 to 3 times this amount at the top.
The season start with November providing a lot of snow to kick things off with 120cm. December and January delivered 213cm and 243cm respectively. February, while not bad, was a little bit lean at 118cm. The real surprise thought was how good March turned out to be with 100cm of fresh snowfall.
The snow has now melted away around the area, and recent warm weather has seen the white fields of winter turn to vistas of green as the new growth comes through. We are about to enter golden week and the pink cherry blossom trees are in full bloom.
Furano Now will now take a break for a few months and will be back with reports in the run up to the 2024-2025 opening.
Furano Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Thursday 2nd May 2024 Total snowfall at base 800cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 77 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 46cm (18th December) November 2023 snowfall 120cm reported on 8 days December 2023 snowfall 213cm reported on 18 days January 2024 snowfall 243cm reported on 19 days February 2024 snowfall 118cm reported on 20 days March 2024 snowfall 100cm reported on 10 days April 2024 snowfall 6cm reported on 2 days May 2024 snowfall 0cm |
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.