Zao Now: Monday 6th January 2014
- Jan 6, 2014
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 2, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 239cm
Posted on Monday 6th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Another cold morning in Zao and another 2cm or so of snow down here at base.
We got more blue sky than we thought we might yesterday at times and it turned out to be a fine day to end the new year hols.
This morning it's cloud cover again and light snow continuing to fall.
Still looks like we should be back to sun tomorrow and then decent snowfall on the way for the second half of the week.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 195cm
Chuo: 160cm
Paradise: 190cm
Uwanodai: 125cm
Zao Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Monday 6th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 239cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 48cm observed on 5 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.