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Minowa at 1500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 am (local time) / 18 Sep 2026
Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 26.0mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat night, min 10°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 23.0mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Mon night, calm by Tue night). | |||||||||||||||||
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mm | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 10 |
max °C | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
min °C | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
chill °C | 7 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
Humid % | 91 | 95 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 85 | 89 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 96 | 91 | 58 | 58 | 53 | 96 | 98 | 84 |
Freeze m | 4550 | 4600 | 4600 | 4650 | 4850 | 4700 | 4550 | 4850 | 5100 | 5200 | 5200 | 5150 | 5000 | 4900 | 4850 | 4600 | 4400 | 3700 |
 | 5:22 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — |
 | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:40 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:35 | — |
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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 3 of September 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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