Zao Now: Wednesday 27th January 2016
- Jan 27, 2016
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 4, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 307cm
Posted on Wednesday 27th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Snow is falling this morning and there's just a few cm on the ground here at base to report.
It is noticeably not as cold this morning with the temperature currently hanging around 0C.
Snow showers are forecast for the day today and certainly at the start of the day it's poor visibility out there.
A chance of more snow showers tomorrow but nothing significant is expected - maybe more on Friday when it should be getting a bit colder.
All planned lifts are operating this morning
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 120cm
Chuo: 150cm
Paradise: 135cm
Zao Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Wednesday 27th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 307cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 46cm (on 19th January) November 2015 snowfall 22cm observed on 2 days December 2015 snowfall 96cm observed on 12 days January 2016 snowfall 189cm observed on 22 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.