Zao Now: Thursday 25th January 2024
- Jan 25, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 39cm
Snowfall at base this season 244cm
Posted on Thursday 25th January 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
It's another cold morning in Zao.
It started snowing around 2pm yesterday, with some major wind gusts and limited visibility, and it looks like it hasn't stopped with a good amount of new snow down to base.
There is fog halfway up the mountain and the snow is currently coming at us almost horizontally.
Snow might continue into tomorrow but this new snowfall will have given the runs a very welcome refresh.
The summit area has added a big increase to official snow depth busting through 1m up to 1.5m.
Zao Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Thursday 25th January 2024 Total snowfall at base 244cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 39cm (on 25th January) November 2023 snowfall 32cm observed on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 66cm observed on 14 days January 2024 snowfall 146cm observed on 16 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.