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Hakuba Now: Friday 13th March 2020

  • Mar 13, 2020
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 182cm

Posted on Friday 13th March 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.


Good morning from Hakuba.


The clouds that we had early morning yesterday cleared up leaving us with blue skies all around. A lovely spring day. I have a really great few hours over in the top area of Hakuba 47/Goryu. Kimochi-ii!


This morning it's fine again though a bit paler blue tones - early on anyway. A fine and mild day is expected.


The big news I suppose is that the Hakuba Cortina resort has now closed for the season. Otsukaresama deshita. Please enjoy a rest, hard-working staff. For the record, their original plan was to be open until 5th April. It is going to be interesting to see how long the season will continue at the remaining resorts...


The other big news, I suppose, is the forecast that is still looking really promising for snow starting from sometime tomorrow through around Tuesday.


Cautiously optimistic.


There's even some 'heavy snow' mentioned on the forecasts for Monday and Tuesday. Honto ni?! Onegai shimasu.



Hakuba Now 2019-2020 season

Data as of Friday 13th March 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 182cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 16cm (5th January) November 2019 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 28cm reported on 8 days January 2020 snowfall 70cm reported on 13 days February 2020 snowfall 73cm reported on 9 days March 2020 snowfall 7cm reported on 2 days



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