Zao Now: Friday 5th December 2025
- Dec 5, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 11
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 17cm
Snowfall at base this season 45cm
Posted on Friday 5th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Zao greetings to you on this cold morning.
Another 17cm of snow to report since yesterday. Nice and light and fluffy snow, too.
Yesterday evening the wind was pretty gusty.
Maybe some more snow incoming today, followed by sunshine forecast for tomorrow with more snow due around Tuesday.
Zao Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Friday 5th December 2025 Total snowfall at base 45cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 23cm (on 4th December) November 2025 snowfall 5cm observed on 2 days December 2025 snowfall 40cm observed on 2 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.