Zao Now: Thursday 16th January 2014
- Jan 16, 2014
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 2, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 259cm
Posted on Thursday 16th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
It was a beautiful day in Zao yesterday.
Now we have had our fix of sun, back to snow please! Just a few cm overnight and it has been snowing lightly this morning but now just cloudy. Some breaks in the cloud actually. -5 degrees and a recording of -10C up top.
The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup (Ladies) will be taking place in Zao over at the ski jump area on Saturday and Sunday. Always fun to watch them fly off that thing! From 10am on both days if you are interested.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 230cm
Chuo: 180cm
Paradise: 210cm
Uwanodai: 135cm
Zao Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Thursday 16th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 259cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 68cm observed on 11 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.