Zao Now: Tuesday 31st December 2024
- Dec 31, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 180cm
Posted on Tuesday 31st December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
After the fine weather of yesterday, it has started snowing again this morning and is coming down at quite a rate at the moment.
Still relatively mild but it will be getting colder during the day.
Visibility is limited (more so than on the images taken just a little earlier).
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
Yokokura area: 55cm
Uwanodai area: 60cm
Utopia area: 120cm
Chuo area: 100cm
Paradise area: 100cm
Summit area: 90cm
Lifts & courses:
The ski area is open as planned
Zao Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Tuesday 31st December 2024 Total snowfall at base 180cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 21cm (on 6th December) November 2024 snowfall 18cm observed on 4 days December 2024 snowfall 162cm observed on 20 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.