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Minowa at 1500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 am (local time) / 01 Jul 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 41.0mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Moderate rain (total 17.0mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat night, min 14°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
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rain shwrs | t-storm risk | mod. rain | heavy rain | light rain | mod. rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | t-storm risk | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | |
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mm | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
max °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
min °C | 16 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
chill °C | 16 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Humid % | 70 | 77 | 77 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 78 | 59 | 96 | 96 | 98 | 99 | 95 | 99 |
Freeze m | 4050 | 4250 | 4250 | 4350 | 4450 | 4150 | 3900 | 4000 | 4150 | 4100 | 4250 | 4300 | 4350 | 4550 | 4500 | 4500 | 4500 | 4650 |
 | 4:20 | — | — | 4:20 | — | — | 4:20 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — |
 | — | 7:04 | — | — | 7:04 | — | — | 7:04 | — | — | 7:04 | — | — | 7:02 | — | — | 7:02 | — |
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| Last snowfall: | 7 Apr 2026 |
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Week 1 of July 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)
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