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Nozawa Now: Monday 18th January 2016

  • Jan 18, 2016
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 148cm

Posted on Monday 18th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Morning from Nozawa.


Light snowfall this morning with the resort reporting 5cm across the mountain since yesterday.


What about this storm, I hear you ask. Well, snow is forecast for the day today as well as tomorrow and indeed actually through until at least the weekend. So we should be getting regular fresh snowfall. How much? I'll just let you know each day as the various forecasts just don't seem to be particularly reliable at the moment and often say different things. It does look most likely that we will see the heaviest snowfall here in Nozawa around tomorrow night and into Wednesday. It's still tagged as 'heavy snow', so fingers crossed. I'm saving my thoughts until we see what happens over the next few days!


I'll update you tomorrow morning with the latest.


Official snow depths:


Yamabiko: 100cm

Uenotaira: 95cm

Hikage: 25cm

Nagasaka: 25cm

Karasawa: 15cm


New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday:


Yamabiko: 5cm

Uenotaira: 5cm

Hikage: 5cm

Nagasaka: 5cm

Karasawa: 5cm



Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season

Data as of Monday 18th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 148cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 45cm reported on 10 days




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