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Shiga Kogen Now: Tuesday 13th February 2018

  • Feb 13, 2018
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 758cm

Posted on Tuesday 13th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


Good morning from Shiga Kogen.


I am seeing a bunch of different weather conditions going on this morning. Just a short while ago I was up at Kumanoyu and the sun was breaking through the clouds. Back here in Hasuike it's fairly bright and visibility is pretty good - I can see Higashitateyama over in the distance - but some light snow is falling.


There's some fresh snow on the ground. Kumanoyu are reporting about 20cm. I am measuring 12cm for the report. Will be interesting to see if we get any more snow out of today or if it clears up. Tomorrow morning might well start off sunny, if local forecasts are correct (with a return to some more snow around Thursday).


Should be a good morning, and as we are back to a normal weekday it should be less busy than this past weekend.



Shiga Kogen Now 2017-2018 season

Data as of Tuesday 13th February 2018 Total snowfall at base 758cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 61 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (25th January) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 6 days December 2017 snowfall 276cm reported on 21 days January 2018 snowfall 326cm reported on 25 days February 2018 snowfall 109cm reported on 9 days




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