Zao Now: Thursday 19th March 2020
- Mar 19, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 7, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 18cm
Snowfall at base this season 311cm
Posted on Thursday 19th March 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Apologies for the missed report yesterday... 'stuff' was happening.
And snow was falling. And actually quite a lot too. There was 18cm on the top of my car. While it wasn't the lightest of snow, any variety of snow is lovely to see especially in mid March.
It did get milder though and today is going to be warm. It already is with sounds of dripping already.
This morning there's blue skies and sunshine.
Colder conditions due tomorrow again and we might not yet be done with snow either.
Zao Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Thursday 19th March 2020 Total snowfall at base 311cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 7th February) November 2019 snowfall 8cm observed on 3 days December 2019 snowfall 51cm observed on 10 days January 2020 snowfall 88cm observed on 16 days February 2020 snowfall 123cm observed on 15 days March 2020 snowfall 41cm 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.