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Madarao Now: Saturday 2nd January 2021

  • Jan 2, 2021
  • 2 min read

Updated: Sep 9, 2025

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 389cm

Weather overview Light snow

Wind Light

Temperature -

Visibility Variable


Posted on Saturday 2nd January 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.


Hello from Madarao.


Madarao is this morning reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall over 24 hours. I'm sure we were told to expect more than that on the local forecasts...


The snow clouds remain though as I am writing this visibility is fairly decent. Might it be stopping?


Madarao Now 2020-2021 season

Data as of Saturday 2nd January 2021 Total snowfall at base 389cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 68cm (on 17th December) November 2020 snowfall 12cm reported on 4 days December 2020 snowfall 346cm reported on 12 days January 2021 snowfall 31cm reported on 2 days



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