Zao Now: Friday 1st January 2016
- Jan 1, 2016
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 4, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 123cm
Posted on Friday 1st January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Happy New Year!
And hello to everyone from here in Zao.
There's 5cm of fresh snow outside this morning.
It's a cold morning with snow still falling but we expect that to ease off.
Tomorrow and Sunday it's going to be getting a little warmer...temps might even venture into + numbers (though hopefully still keep low). The return to a colder situation with the promise of further snowfall looks to be around Tuesday.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 60cm
Chuo: 70cm
Paradise: 50cm
Uwanodai: 25cm
Zao Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Friday 1st January 2016 Total snowfall at base 123cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 22cm (on 27th December) November 2015 snowfall 22cm observed on 2 days December 2015 snowfall 96cm observed on 12 days January 2016 snowfall 5cm observed on 1 day |
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.