Myoko Now: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
- May 3, 2016
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 1, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 878cm
Posted on Tuesday 3rd May 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Time to close out the season.... which sort of petered out there at the end without me actually knowing when our last operating resort (Seki Onsen) finally gave up.
Akakan and Seki had planned to keep going until May 5, but there was no possible way to do that (as that snow disappeared about two weeks ago). I sat at home watching the slopes above the ski areas literally turn from white to brown over less than a week, thanks to some strong, warm winds - which continues to blow, for that matter!
How to sum up this season?
Look to the next, is the conclusion, I think!
We just went through an El Niño of the kind we haven’t seen for a long time - not in my 20 years in Myoko, anyway. The fear is that this is the trend for the future (we’ll ignore all the politics and such behind that, though), but on that point, who knows? Some say the changes in climate could bring rougher weather, and even maybe more snow.
It’s going to be better next year; that’s my only prediction.
But that also means I need to overhaul that regular visitor to these reports, my mighty snowthrower. I think I refilled the tank twice this season, and the disuse means both that the battery died (it was getting old anyway), and there’s lots of rust to take on over the summer. Hopefully he’ll be out there more daily, and showing up in these reports, more often in 2016-2017.
See you in a few months!
Myoko Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Tuesday 3rd May 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 878cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 55 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 144cm reported on 10 days April 2015 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day May 2015 snowfall 0cm |
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.