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North America Weekly Snow Roundup #311
Weekly Snow News for North America, updated 23 April 2026: Late-season snowfall of up to 50cm (20") hits western resorts as spring warmth accelerates thaw elsewhere.
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Minowa at 1500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 am (local time) / 27 Apr 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 38.0mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 10°C on Tue afternoon, min 1°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Tue night, light winds from the NW by Wed night). | Days 4-6 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 24.0mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Sat afternoon, min 2°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, gales from the W by Sat afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||
Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 1 | Saturday 2 | |||||||||||||
AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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heavy rain | heavy rain | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | mod. rain | heavy rain | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | |
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15 | 19 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 8 | 11 | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
min °C | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
2 | -3 | -2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | -2 | -3 | -3 | 2 | -1 | -2 | 1 | -1 | -4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
93 | 96 | 75 | 72 | 62 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 70 | 45 | 67 | 85 | 100 | 94 | 87 | 60 | 60 | 42 | |
2850 | 2550 | 3050 | 2700 | 2750 | 2700 | 2200 | 2250 | 1950 | 2150 | 3000 | 2750 | 2750 | 2600 | 2800 | 2650 | 2850 | 2900 | |
 | 4:48 | — | — | 4:48 | — | — | 4:46 | — | — | 4:45 | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | 4:43 | — | — |
 | — | 6:23 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:25 | — | — | 6:27 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:29 | — |
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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 April has on average:
0.1 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.3 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.3 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in Japan - Fukushima are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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