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Shiga Kogen Now: Thursday 11th January 2018

  • Jan 11, 2018
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 459cm

Posted on Thursday 11th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


Sunshine this morning here in Shiga Kogen.


Hold on.. sunshine?! Weird. Happily I am also able to report 6cm of snow but for the moment the clouds have cleared and the sun is out.


It's one of those periods when places in western Japan get snow and we don't get much. There's probably a name for that (one more technical than 'odd'!) but I don't know it.


Still, snow on and off is there on the forecasts over the next few days so perhaps things will keep on changing with speed.


All very interesting. (Though heavy snowfall is more interesting!).



Shiga Kogen Now 2017-2018 season

Data as of Thursday 11th January 2018 Total snowfall at base 459cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 47cm (4th January) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 6 days December 2017 snowfall 276cm reported on 21 days January 2018 snowfall 136cm reported on 11 days




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