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Niseko Grand Hirafu at 706 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 am (local time) / 17 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 22.0mm), heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 23°C on Wed morning, min 18°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 26.0mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 17°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
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mm | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 22 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 18 |
min °C | 21 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 17 |
chill °C | 21 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 17 |
Humid % | 62 | 63 | 81 | 96 | 95 | 91 | 88 | 82 | 93 | 99 | 94 | 96 | 74 | 65 | 80 | 63 | 64 | 87 |
Freeze m | 4950 | 5000 | 4850 | 4700 | 4700 | 4600 | 4700 | 4800 | 4700 | 4750 | 4650 | 4400 | 4350 | 4450 | 4600 | 4650 | 4750 | 4750 |
 | 4:43 | — | — | 4:45 | — | — | 4:46 | — | — | 4:47 | — | — | 4:48 | — | — | 4:50 | — | — |
 | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:34 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:29 | — |
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Niseko Grand Hirafu Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 4 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in Japan - Hokkaido are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 3 of August 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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Resort name is also written as Niseko Hirafu.
Visitor Reviews of Niseko Grand Hirafu
Overall 3.9 Based on 81 votes and 120 reviews
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- Nigel Wright from Australia writes:
Definitely spring skiing conditions now. Only top skiing well atm, but that's becoming heavier too. Freeze thaw, but hey it's still fun and besides, think of all of the many worse things that you could be doing.
Visitor Reviews of Niseko Grand Hirafu
Nigel Wright from Australia writes:
Definitely spring skiing conditions now. Only top skiing well atm, but that's becoming heavier too. Freeze thaw, but hey it's still fun and besides, think of all of the many worse things that you could be doing.
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