Zao Now: Monday 20th January 2014
- Jan 20, 2014
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 2, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 268cm
Posted on Monday 20th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Light snow on and off I said yesterday. Well, yes, snow... and strong winds at time. It was blowing a gale at times, and it even stopped the ski jump competition at times over at the jump-dai.
Less wild conditions this morning though it remains cloudy. Keeping cold and no new snow to report since yesterday though there was the snow that fell yesterday which I will note below.
Variable conditions forecast over the next few days, snow showers at times. We can expect warmer temperatures at the end of the week, hopefully won't rise too high.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 230cm
Chuo: 185cm
Paradise: 225cm
Uwanodai: 135cm
Zao Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Monday 20th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 268cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 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 77cm observed on 14 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.