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Zao Now: Saturday 8th February 2014

  • Feb 8, 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 320cm

Posted on Saturday 8th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.


It might be snowing more in Tokyo than Zao this morning. Which seems odd, but hopefully very soon change!


We do have a few cm of snow but it is just a cloudy morning for now. So when's this promised snow coming? By tonight hopefully and it looks like potentially quite a lot of it. We'll have to see.


Just cloudy now then but cold.


Official snow depths:

Utopia: 250cm

Chuo: 200cm

Paradise: 230cm

Uwanodai: 140cm



Zao Now 2013-2014 season

Data as of Saturday 8th February 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 320cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 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 111cm observed on 18 days February 2014 snowfall 18cm observed on 4 days




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