Shiga Kogen Now: Wednesday 15th February 2023
- Feb 15, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 26, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 44cm
Snowfall at base this season 437cm
Posted on Wednesday 15th February 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
It is a real mid-winter morning here.
Cold, snow, wind. Lots of snow too. My friend who sometimes gets overexcited with his numbers exclaims 'maybe even 100cm'! It's not that much - certainly not that I can see - but Yakebitaiyama are reporting 80cm of snowfall since yesterday morning (39cm of that from 4pm yesterday evening). Kumanoyu in the southern area of Shiga Kogen is reporting 30cm. And in my usual measuring points (main one near Ichinose), I have measured 44cm as of 9am.
Wind is a factor and there is, of course, no definitive number. But whatever number or measurement you take, bottom line is that we have a lot of fresh new snowfall, and it is still snowing. Quite heavily at times as well.
That also means that visibility is limited.
We are probably going to get snow during the day today easing off perhaps by tonight.
And we might get some sun tomorrow morning (and probably sun on Friday). Should be great!
Shiga Kogen Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Wednesday 15th February 2023 Total snowfall at base 437cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 44cm (15th February) November 2022 snowfall 6cm reported on 2 days December 2022 snowfall 109cm reported on 21 days January 2023 snowfall 231cm reported on 21 days February 2023 snowfall 91cm reported on 8 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Shiga Kogen. 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.