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Southern Hemisphere Snow Roundup #315
We’re fast approaching the start of the 2026 ski season in the southern hemisphere, with ski areas in New Zealand indicating they'll start opening on the final weekend of the month in just over a week.
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Minowa at 1500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 pm (local time) / 24 May 2026
Now
Next 3 days weather summary:Light rain (total 4.0mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Mon afternoon, min 9°C on Sun afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 20.0mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu night, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed night, gales from the W by Sat morning). | ||||||||||||||||
Sun 24 | Monday 25 | Tuesday 26 | Wednesday 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | ||||||||||||
PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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light rain | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | light rain | light rain | mod. rain | mod. rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | |
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1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | — | — | |
max °C | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
min °C | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | |
96 | 78 | 91 | 78 | 76 | 91 | 94 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 97 | 91 | 97 | 84 | 86 | 65 | 74 | |
3550 | 3300 | 3750 | 3650 | 4100 | 4000 | 4100 | 3850 | 3950 | 4050 | 4250 | 4550 | 4750 | 4850 | 4550 | 4250 | 3850 | |
 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 4:20 | — | — | 4:20 | — | — | 4:20 | — | — |
 | 6:47 | — | — | 6:49 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:51 | — | — | 6:52 | — |
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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 4 of May 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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