Furano Now: Monday 4th January 2016
- Jan 4, 2016
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 14, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 425cm
Posted on Monday 4th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Your faithful weather reporter (me) is a little desk bound lately, but please know Furano is rocking it at the moment.
I had a night ski last night and there was still knee deep powder down low. Down low, people... I am almost disappointed that it wasn't skied out!
I think it means people are having such fun up high, by the time they get down low they are just thinking about lunch or dinner.
So locals (ie people who have skied here all their live) are finding the snow a little heavy. I did notice it wasn't the usual light dry snow last night, but I didn't find it heavy by any standard other than Furano standard. It's still powder. I flicked it, tossed it, puffed it with a blast of breath, and other silly looking scientific methods. It is very nice. But yes, it's not as dry as normal.
So the resort has the base at 225cm this morning. I am guessing it is more than that and it snowed most of the day if not all day. At 7am it was -7C and there was no wind.
Everything is open and everything is lovely.
Furano Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Monday 4th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 425cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 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 62cm reported on 4 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.