Zao Now: Wednesday 5th March 2014
- Mar 5, 2014
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 2, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 476cm
Posted on Wednesday 5th March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
It is mild this morning in Zao, but some snow is falling. The snow is a bit heavy and wet, but there's about 3cm or so down in the village so far but from tomorrow we should be having much colder conditions. Looks like it might well drop down to peak season winter-like conditions again. Obviously that would be great.
Snow still on the forecast to and beyond the weekend. Still wind on the forecast too.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 290cm
Chuo: 260cm
Paradise: 280cm
Uwanodai: 180cm
Zao Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Wednesday 5th March 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 476cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (on 16th February) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 111cm observed on 18 days February 2014 snowfall 166cm observed on 10 days March 2014 snowfall 8cm 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.