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Zao Now: Thursday 18th February 2016

  • Feb 18, 2016
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata


New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 391cm

Posted on Thursday 18th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.


As expected, it's going to be a beautiful day here in Zao today.


Clear blue skies are the headline for the day, with just a dusting of snow since my last report.


No wind and not too cold - but hopefully won't be getting too warm either even with the sun.


There's likely going to be more sunshine tomorrow and a return to snowfall on Saturday, though it might get slightly too warm with a chance of some rain. Let's just hope we can avoid that.


For the moment though, beautiful weather.



Zao Now 2015-2016 season

Data as of Thursday 18th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 391cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 46cm (on 19th January) November 2015 snowfall 22cm observed on 2 days December 2015 snowfall 96cm observed on 12 days January 2016 snowfall 211cm observed on 25 days February 2016 snowfall 62cm observed on 13 days




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