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Furano Now: Thursday 3rd March 2016

  • Mar 3, 2016
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido


New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 771cm

Posted on Thursday 3rd March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.


It is pretty much perfectly calm outside and the morning will have at least some sunshine beaming down on the slopes. The sun is forecast to turn to high cloudy conditions by the afternoon. There has only been a dusting of snow overnight and temperatures have started off very cold with -11c recorded at the base of the lifts and -13c at the top of the resort.


The calm weather will remain through to Saturday and it should be partially sunny as well. It does not look like there will be much snow for the next couple of days. Sunday is expected to be quite warm with above 0c temperatures and moderate rain in the afternoon.



Furano Now 2015-2016 season

Data as of Thursday 3rd March 2016 Total snowfall at base 771cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 77 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (5th December) November 2015 snowfall 77cm reported on 6 days December 2015 snowfall 286cm reported on 20 days January 2016 snowfall 187cm reported on 22 days February 2016 snowfall 178cm reported on 26 days March 2016 snowfall 43cm reported on 3 days




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