Zao Now: Wednesday 7th February 2018
- Feb 7, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 6, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 549cm
Posted on Wednesday 7th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao.
Snow is back this morning with a few cm on the ground and more falling as I write this; hopefully it will build up more during the day. Regular snow is forecast for todaty and tomorrow and then once again late weekend - which may bring us some decent numbers. Forecast as it current is, of course.
There was an incident yesterday with two boarders needing to be rescued. This is all hear-say but I believe the search apparently involved helicopters and a fair number of ski patrol and other folk. Stay safe out there.
Zao Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Wednesday 7th February 2018 Total snowfall at base 549cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (on 10th January) November 2017 snowfall 66cm observed on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 193cm observed on 19 days January 2018 snowfall 275cm observed on 21 days February 2018 snowfall 15cm 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.