Zao Now: Wednesday 24th December 2014
- Dec 24, 2014
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 3, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 276cm
Posted on Wednesday 24th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Just a dusting of fresh snow this morning in my report.
Not as cold this morning, just under 0 degrees, and it's calm out there. Cloudy conditions with the upper mountain covered in early morning fog so visibility right now poor up there. Might be a hint of clearer skies once that sorts itself out but we are expecting snow showers later on today and overnight and possibly tomorrow too. It will be a very white Christmas. Got to keep an eye out for possibly stronger winds though.
Should be a fine day.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 170cm
Chuo: 170cm
Paradise: 170cm
Uwanodai: 125cm
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Wednesday 24th December 2014 Total snowfall at base 276cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 80cm (on 3rd December) November 2014 snowfall 20cm observed on 2 days December 2014 snowfall 256cm observed on 17 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.