Northern Hemisphere Weekly Snow Roundup #327
🇪🇺🇺🇸🇨🇦 Weekly Snow News for Northern Hemisphere, updated 13 August 2026: Passo Stelvio remains the Northern Hemisphere’s only lift-served ski area as Alpine heat forces Saas-Fee and Zermatt to close.
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Minowa at 1500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 am (local time) / 14 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 20.0mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 8.0mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Wed night, min 15°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 19 | |||||||||||||
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t-storm risk | t-storm risk | light rain | t-storm risk | t-storm risk | light rain | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | t-storm risk | rain shwrs | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
mm | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 |
max °C | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
min °C | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
chill °C | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
Humid % | 93 | 96 | 98 | 93 | 99 | 71 | 85 | 77 | 84 | 89 | 85 | 93 | 86 | 93 | 84 | 78 | 92 | 82 |
Freeze m | 4750 | 4750 | 4800 | 4750 | 4750 | 4800 | 4800 | 4950 | 5050 | 5000 | 5200 | 5100 | 5000 | 5050 | 5100 | 5100 | 5100 | 5100 |
 | 4:52 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:56 | — | — | 4:56 | — | — |
 | — | 6:32 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:27 | — |
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| Last snowfall: | 7 Apr 2026 |
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Other resorts in Japan - Fukushima are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 2 of August 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 - 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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