Zao Now: Wednesday 31st December 2014
- Dec 31, 2014
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 3, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 301cm
Posted on Wednesday 31st December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
It's another day when visibility is poor, though we do have another 10+cm of snow on the ground. Kind of heavy wet snow rather than light and fluffy but with lots of areas suffering from rain yesterday it's preferred!
Snow is expected to continue today through tomorrow and wind will probably not be too far away in the coming few days.
It's remaining quite mild today but for the first day of the new year the temps are set to plummet for at least a few days.
Until tomorrow!
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 170cm
Chuo: 180cm
Paradise: 160cm
Uwanodai: 135cm
Zao Onsen is fully open.
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Wednesday 31st December 2014 Total snowfall at base 301cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 80cm (on 3rd December) November 2014 snowfall 20cm observed on 2 days December 2014 snowfall 281cm observed on 21 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.