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Shiga Kogen Now: Tuesday 28th January 2020

  • Jan 28, 2020
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 173cm

Posted on Tuesday 28th January 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


Good morning.


It is very windy this morning. Wind is blowing snow around and affecting a number of lifts - looks like Okushiga Kogen, Yokoteyama and Shibutoge are closed, with some other lifts affected.


Not that cold.


And while snow does seem to be coming down - or is it going up?! - I think I can add 1cm to the report, sort of. Wind is making it difficult.


It's not the most pleasant of days to be out there (not for me!) but if you are going I would check before heading out. I think those cheeky Snow Monkeys are going to have a lot of visitors today...


Better news is due for Thursday/Friday. I like that 'heavy snow' note on the forecasts. Let's have some of that please.



Shiga Kogen Now 2019-2020 season

Data as of Tuesday 28th January 2020 Total snowfall at base 173cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (5th January) November 2019 snowfall 20cm reported on 5 days December 2019 snowfall 59cm reported on 10 days January 2020 snowfall 94cm reported on 12 days




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