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Myoko Now: Saturday 13th January 2018

  • Jan 13, 2018
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata


New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 739cm

Posted on Saturday 13th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.


Another day of a lot of places around us getting crazy heavy snow, and us getting not all that much.


We got 14cm up to this morning, after a really cold night that if nothing else probably kept the snow up high on the mountain in good condition. It's snowing now high up on Mt. Myoko, sunny to the south and east, and dark again out towards the ocean. Could use some more snow before we get another warm wave around Wednesday; the one good news was that the predicted freezing line (the line of 0°C) has come down from 2500 meters to 2050. Still strange for January, but hopefully it will come down even more (don’t need rain!).


A lot of the temperatures below are from early in the day; it did go down to about -10°C at base level last night.


Akakura Kanko:

240 cm, -7°


Akakura Onsen:

275cm, -10°


Ikenotaira Onsen:

215cm, -9°


Myoko Suginohara:

185cm, -11°


Seki Onsen:

290 cm, -5°


Myoko Ski Park:

200 cm, -5°


Kyukamura RunRun:

250 cm, -3°


Tangram Ski Circus:

200 cm, -3°


Madarao Kogen:

180 cm, -8°



Myoko Now 2017-2018 season

Data as of Saturday 13th January 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 739cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 81cm (27th December) November 2017 snowfall 61cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 468cm reported on 15 days January 2018 snowfall 210cm reported on 8 days




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