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Minowa at 1500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 pm (local time) / 19 Sep 2026
Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 50.0mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu night, min 12°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||
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cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | heavy rain | mod. rain | mod. rain | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | |
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mm | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 |
min °C | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
chill °C | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Humid % | 99 | 99 | 90 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 96 | 97 | 84 | 48 | 41 | 72 | 48 | 45 | 63 | 33 |
Freeze m | 4750 | 4650 | 4700 | 4750 | 4950 | 5150 | 5200 | 5250 | 4900 | 4900 | 4750 | 4450 | 4350 | 4200 | 3850 | 4150 | 4150 |
 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — |
 | 5:40 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:34 | — |
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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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