Zao Now: Thursday 28th January 2016
- Jan 28, 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 309cm
Posted on Thursday 28th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Whiteout conditions continuing here in Zao though not a huge amount of snow with it unfortunately - I have just a few more cm to report this morning.
It's relatively mild as well this morning with a temperature right now of +1C.
Poor visibility on mountain and in the village this morning.
The ever present hunger for fresh snow remains strong of course and perhaps tomorrow according to the forecast we will get some decent snowfall. Skies will probably be a bit clearer over the weekend.
We've had a few modest refreshes since but it has been over a week since that heavy snowfall around 18th-19th and so we look forward to another significant reset.
Zao Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Thursday 28th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 309cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 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 191cm observed on 23 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.