Zao Now: Thursday 12th March 2015
- Mar 12, 2015
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 4, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 668cm
Posted on Thursday 12th March 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Morning from Zao. More snow this morning"!
Less lifts are affected this morning but still the Ropeway to the top of the mountain is closed early on along with a few other lifts.
Snowfall forecast to contiunue today and into tomorrow too.
Once we get to Sunday the skies should have properly cleared and we'll be back to sunny, probably spring-like weather conditions.
I forgot to mention in the report yesterday and was meaning to. March 11th four years ago was a very bad day. It seems a long time ago, but at the same time I have vivid memories of it all. I was taking a look back over the archive reports from around then and it makes for an interesting read. Do take a look. Here's to never having to go through that kind of situatuion again...
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Thursday 12th March 2015 Total snowfall at base 668cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 59 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 80cm (on 3rd December) November 2014 snowfall 20cm observed on 2 days December 2014 snowfall 281cm observed on 21 days January 2015 snowfall 118cm observed on 15 days February 2015 snowfall 181cm observed on 15 days March 2015 snowfall 68cm observed on 6 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Zao Onsen. 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.