Hakuba Now: Sunday 2nd December 2012
- Dec 2, 2012
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 57cm
Weather overview Blue bird
Wind
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Temperature -
Visibility Excellent
Posted on Sunday 2nd December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It is a beautiful morning here in Hakuba - bright and clear with thin layers of cloud, but the blue sky is dominating proceedings today. Today is a blue bird day!
It is also a cold start to the day, early on about -4C degrees and in the afternoon it should be the warmest at around 2C degrees. There is no wind around either, so it should be a pleasant day out.
You want to know about snow? We had some decent snow coming down yesterday and while Goryu are officially reporting 5cm on their website, more like 15cm higher up. Goryu have 45cm as their snow depth (that almost seems too low to me), with Happo reporting 60cm. With the top-up yesterday though conditions should be certainly improved this morning for those lucky enough to be able to get out there. It does not look like any more runs or lifts are opening up though just quite yet.
The forecast is still telling us to expect warmer conditions tomorrow along with more sun. Things start to look interesting from early Tuesday onwards though with snow lined up into next weekend and a real drop in temperatures once again.
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 2nd December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 57cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (27th November) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 10cm reported on 2 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. 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.