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Shiga Kogen Now: Thursday 1st January 2015

  • Jan 1, 2015
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 272cm

Posted on Thursday 1st January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


Happy New Year!


Not much snow overnight here but nice light snow is falling heavily now giving us poor visibility on the slopes this New Year morning.


It's colder too as expected though winds aren't really an issue this morning.


Clearing weather conditions due from tomorrow with sun likely for the weekend and into early next week.



Shiga Kogen Now 2014-2015 season

Data as of Thursday 1st January 2015 Total snowfall at base 272cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (18th December) November 2014 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 257cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day




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