Myoko Now: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
- Mar 2, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 803cm
Posted on Wednesday 2nd March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
The sun is out, mostly, this morning with a few flakes drifting down from time to time. Nice snow up higher yesterday, although it was pretty heavy lower (but good skiing onpiste). It's staying cold today; that rise in the freezing line is going to start on Friday, so get out before then (also Saturday, before Sunday's rain, could be a nice spring day).
Speaking of spring, I have some local knowledge to share. My newspaper guy/snowthrower repairman/hotel owner came by to change the fan belt on the snowthrower and gave the common knowledge on potential snowfall for the rest of the month/season. The first early fall of March can be a big one, but we probably can't expect much more. The exceptions, says folk knowledge, is White Day (March 14) and one more day that I thought he said was Newspaper Day, but that could only be Sports Newspaper Day (March 6 - not likely). That actually links up pretty well with other predictions that the snow is going to be disappearing early this year.
So I says, go out and get it while you can. It's nice out today, with snowy trees and nice white cover everywhere. With rain and wind, the snow figures could go down fast.
Akakura Kanko:
-7° / 220cm
Akakura Onsen:
-5° / 210cm
Ikenotaira Onsen:
-7° / 130cm
Myoko Suginohara:
-10° (top) / 130cm
Seki Onsen:
-7° / 330cm
Myoko Ski Park:
-3° / 190cm
Kyukamura RunRun:
-1° / 240cm
Tangram Ski Circus:
-5° / 140cm
Madarao Kogen:
-8° / 160cm
Myoko Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Wednesday 2nd March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 803cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (1st March) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 140cm reported on 9 days January 2015 snowfall 267cm reported on 18 days February 2015 snowfall 326cm reported on 18 days March 2015 snowfall 70cm 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 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.