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Japan Weekly Snow Roundup #292
Weekly Snow News for Japan, updated 10 December 2025: early-season bases deepen rapidly as Siberian air drives repeated snow across Hokkaido and Honshu
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Minowa at 1500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 pm (local time) / 10 Dec 2025
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Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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some clouds | some clouds | clear | heavy snow | mod. snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | |
km/h | ||||||||||||||||
Snow map |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
— | — | — | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | -2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | -12 | -11 | -9 | -8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | -7 | -8 | -7 |
min °C | -4 | -1 | 2 | -10 | -12 | -11 | -11 | -8 | -6 | -5 | -1 | -3 | -7 | -8 | -8 | -8 |
-12 | -8 | -4 | -24 | -26 | -25 | -24 | -17 | -11 | -13 | -4 | -14 | -20 | -20 | -21 | -20 | |
80 | 65 | 47 | 75 | 91 | 91 | 88 | 91 | 75 | 95 | 99 | 94 | 84 | 82 | 93 | 93 | |
450 | 1400 | 1750 | 650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 350 | 600 | 600 | 1450 | 1600 | 700 | 500 | 450 | 350 | |
 | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — |
 | — | — | 4:20 | — | — | 4:20 | — | — | 4:20 | — | — | 4:21 | — | — | 4:21 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Thu afternoon, min -12°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (gales from the WNW on Thu night, light winds from the WSW by Sat afternoon).
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Sat night, min -8°C on Mon morning). Mainly extremely windy.
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Minowa Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 10 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 9 Dec 2025 |
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Other resorts in Japan - Fukushima are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 2 of December has on average:
1.1 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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2.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.8 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in Japan - Fukushima are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
The above table gives the weather forecast for Minowa at the specific elevation of 1500 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Minowa. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of Japan.
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