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Shiga Kogen Now: Wednesday 4th January 2017

  • Jan 4, 2017
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 248cm

Posted on Wednesday 4th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


Morning from Shiga Kogen and it's a fine and a fairly calm start to the day (though perhaps some gusty winds on mountain I hear), with snow forecast to be falling later on today - and through tomorrow too.


Sunday/Monday is currently looking quite exciting according to the forecast. I like it a lot when it says 'heavy snow'.


Anyway, back to today. A chilly start to the day and just a bit more snow to report, which is basically left overs from the snow that fell yesterday after I posted my report (no fresh snowfall overnight).


Here's to those incoming snow clouds.


4th January. Yesterday was probably the last day of the New Year holidays for a lot of folk and so today we are back to something like 'normal'.



Shiga Kogen Now 2016-2017 season

Data as of Wednesday 4th January 2017 Total snowfall at base 248cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (24th December) November 2016 snowfall 27cm reported on 5 days December 2016 snowfall 215cm reported on 18 days January 2017 snowfall 6cm reported on 3 days




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