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Hakuba Now: Thursday 15th February 2018

  • Feb 15, 2018
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 484cm

Posted on Thursday 15th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.


It was a beautiful day yesterday with cloud coming over to join the fun mid to late afternoon.


I was there until the end of the day at 47 yesterday and my friends and I all noticed how the 'days are getting longer'. And also how we are now right in the middle of the season, if the big resorts can open until early May. That's a lot more reports for me to write! I hope many of them are snowy.


Talking about snow, here's the headlines from the resorts this morning:


Hakuba Happo-one: 11cm (top Gondola station)

Hakuba Goryu: up to 10cm

Hakuba 47: 5-10cm

Hakuba Cortina: 5+cm


It's cloud cover this morning and light snow has started falling; visibility is looking generally limited on the webcams. It's not particular cold and the snow isn't the fluffiest but hopefully more so up top.


The forecast over the coming few days is sunshine tomorrow and then back to snow falling over the weekend. Temperatures look set to take a drop around Saturday too so fingers crossed for a quality delivery.



Hakuba Now 2017-2018 season

Data as of Thursday 15th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 484cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 42cm (25th January) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 158cm reported on 15 days January 2018 snowfall 202cm reported on 18 days February 2018 snowfall 77cm reported on 9 days



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