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Current weather conditions and live observations for Niseko Hirafu based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on snow-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Niseko Hirafu right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather Conditions near Niseko Hirafu as reported by the 5 closest weather stations (updated hourly)
Distance / Altitude	Resort	Report Date / Time	Weather	Wind	Temp.	Visibility	Cloud
39 km / 38 m	Suttsu (Japan)	2012-02-09 03:00 local (2012-02-08 18:00 GMT)	Freezing rain	light winds from the WSW (7 km/h at 250)	-6.7 °C	40 km	no observation
55 km / 19 m	Sapporo (Japan)	2012-02-09 03:00 local (2012-02-08 18:00 GMT)	Snow showers	light winds from the W (9 km/h at 260)	-6.7 °C	30 km	few
79 km / 30 m	Chitose (jasdf/c (Japan)	2012-02-09 05:30 local (2012-02-08 20:30 GMT)	-	calm (4 km/h at 1)	-18 °C		few
117 km / 36 m	Hakodate (Japan)	2012-02-09 03:00 local (2012-02-08 18:00 GMT)	Snow showers	light winds from the N (9 km/h at 360)	-12.0 °C	30 km	mostly cloudy
167 km / 116 m	Asahikawa (Japan)	2012-02-09 03:00 local (2012-02-08 18:00 GMT)	Clouds dissolving	calm (2 km/h at 90)	-11.6 °C	35 km	few
* NOTE: not all weather stations update at the same frequency which is the reason why some resorts may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include Ship synop data if a synop is submitted close to Niseko Hirafu and within an acceptable time window.