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Zao Now: Friday 2nd December 2022

  • Dec 2, 2022
  • 2 min read

Updated: Oct 8, 2025

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata


New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 2cm

Posted on Friday 2nd December 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.


Good morning and welcome back to the reports.


We have some snow this morning!


Just a few cm in places around base and surely more than that up on the mountain.


There's not enough to open yet and tomorrow might be sunny, but there's more snow forecast in the coming week so we can look forward to that.



Zao Now 2022-2023 season

Data as of Friday 2nd December 2022 Total snowfall at base 2cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 day Most snowfall observed in 1 day 2cm (on 2nd December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 2cm observed on 1 day




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