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Furano Now: Friday 8th January 2016

  • Jan 8, 2016
  • 2 min read

Updated: Oct 14, 2025

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido


New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 474cm

Posted on Friday 8th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.


Welcome to Friday. Not only is it shaping up to be a great weekend here in Furano, it is going to be a great Friday as well. The main thing to be excited about is fresh snow, and yet again we have a nice fresh layer of 9cm that has fallen earlier this morning.


It is wintery cold sitting at around -6c at base at the moment but the thermometer is likely to rise a couple of degrees during the day. There is a light trickle of snow falling at the moment and this is forecast to continue right throughout the day. Actually the forecast for the next 6 days is showing continuous snowfall for Furano!


The Premium Zone is open today from 10:30-14:00 and that would be the place to be around the opening time to get some of that new snow in your face.



Furano Now 2015-2016 season

Data as of Friday 8th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 474cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 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 111cm reported on 8 days




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