Myoko Now: Friday 1st February 2019
- Feb 1, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 3, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 59cm
Snowfall at base this season 1187cm
Posted on Friday 1st February 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Another good day of snow. Light snow. More snow than expected. Again.
Pretty good wind overnight, too, which shaped this nice, light snow into kind of amazing waves and dunes around my house (which is open to north winds) less so at base level, where we (and most of the ski areas) are more sheltered from gusts by forests and hills. And it's still snowing pretty heavily, probably coming down at a rate of a few fresh centimeters every hour. Another case from this season of we either get a whole lot, or just a little bit, and definitely more days when we get a lot.
Having said this, though, it seems like the ski areas have hardly added anything new to their snow depths, where right here at the base of Akakura Kanko we got a lot, and the total keeps inching up.... So I'm sure some won't believe me, but I'm recording what I found, and it's not what the resorts are reporting!
Akakura Kanko:
340cm, -8°
Akakura Onsen:
440cm, -3°
Ikenotaira Onsen:
280cm, -6°
Myoko Suginohara:
230cm, -12°
Seki Onsen:
430cm, -5°
Myoko Ski Park:
350cm, 1°
Kyukamura RunRun:
350cm, 1° (no new report)
Tangram Ski Circus:
240cm, -4°
Madarao Kogen:
330cm, -7°
Lotte Arai Resort
523cm, -3.2°
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park
240cm, -6°
Myoko Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Friday 1st February 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1187cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 39 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 92cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 475cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 648cm reported on 21 days February 2019 snowfall 59cm reported on 1 day |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Myoko. 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.