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Minakami Kogen at 870 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 am (local time) / 20 Sep 2026
Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 54.0mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 3.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
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light rain | light rain | mod. rain | light rain | mod. rain | heavy rain | mod. rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | cloudy | |
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mm | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — |
max °C | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 16 |
min °C | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 16 |
chill °C | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 16 |
Humid % | 95 | 92 | 97 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 94 | 82 | 52 | 61 | 91 | 68 | 76 | 88 | 72 | 78 | 94 |
Freeze m | 4750 | 4800 | 4950 | 5100 | 5050 | 5300 | 5100 | 5200 | 4900 | 4550 | 4400 | 4150 | 4000 | 4150 | 4200 | 4300 | 4350 | 4500 |
 | 5:28 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — |
 | — | 5:44 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:40 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — |
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| Last snowfall: | 4 May 2026 |
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Week 3 of September has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in Japan - Gunma are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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