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Furano Now: Thursday 3rd January 2019

  • Jan 3, 2019
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido


New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 279cm

Posted on Thursday 3rd January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.


A very cold morning it is here in the village with the temperature now showing -10c. It will warm up and be around -4c by lunchtime. There hasn't been a great amount of snow since yesterday, around 2cm, but it is snowing now and there will be at least a small amount of accumulation during the morning. The cloud is sitting low at the moment over the resort and visibility is not the greatest. There is no snow on the forecast for tomorrow and it will be sunny in part.


Open lifts:

Prince Romance chair

Downhill Romance 2 chair

Downhill Romance 3 chair

Furano Ropeway


Kitanomine quad chair

Kitanomine 2 chair

Kitanomine Gondola

Link chair


Furano Zone OPEN.

Kitanomine Zone OPEN.



Furano Now 2018-2019 season

Data as of Thursday 3rd January 2019 Total snowfall at base 279cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 55cm (19th December) November 2018 snowfall 69cm reported on 6 days December 2018 snowfall 200cm reported on 21 days January 2019 snowfall 10cm reported on 2 days




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