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North America Weekly Snow Roundup #299
Weekly Snow News for North America, updated January 28, 2026: Storm Fern transforms eastern conditions, creating one of the strongest mid-winter resets in years.
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Nozawa Onsen at 565 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 pm (local time) / 29 Jan 2026
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mod. snow | heavy snow | light snow | light snow | mod. snow | light snow | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | light snow | light snow | heavy snow | snow shwrs | light snow | heavy snow | light snow | light snow | clear | |
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7 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 14 | 1 | — | 14 | 3 | 1 | — | |
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max °C | -3 | -5 | -4 | -4 | -6 | -3 | -2 | -9 | 0 | -1 | -3 | -1 | -1 | -3 | -2 | -1 | -7 |
min °C | -4 | -6 | -5 | -6 | -6 | -4 | -8 | -9 | -2 | -2 | -5 | -2 | -3 | -4 | -3 | -6 | -8 |
-8 | -12 | -11 | -13 | -12 | -10 | -11 | -12 | -6 | -5 | -5 | -4 | -3 | -8 | -8 | -8 | -8 | |
93 | 96 | 92 | 87 | 95 | 92 | 82 | 81 | 64 | 94 | 97 | 76 | 80 | 96 | 93 | 88 | 77 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 250 | 450 | 0 | 250 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 350 | 0 | |
 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — |
 | 5:07 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:12 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Sun morning, min -9°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 1°C on Wed morning, min -8°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
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Latest snow reports near Nozawa Onsen:
29 km away from Nozawa Onsen
2 hours ago
Intermittent moderate snow reported from Takada at 18 metres elevation only 2 kms E of Kanayasan Ski Resort from Kanayasan
36 km away from Nozawa Onsen
2 hours agoFreezing rain reported from Nagano at 120 metres elevation 8 kms SE of Iizuna Kogen but it is forecast cold enough for snow at the ski area from Iizuna Kogen
30 km away from Nozawa Onsen
3 hours ago
Heavy snow is falling at Gala Yuzawa. from Gala Yuzawa
Nozawa Onsen Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 260 cm |
|---|---|
| Bottom snow depth: | 155 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 38 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in Japan - Nagano are reporting: powder (3) / good piste (3)
Snow History
Week 4 of January has on average:
0.3 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
|---|---|
3.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.1 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
Nozawa Onsen Forecast Snowfall
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Upload new photo Other resorts in Japan - Nagano are reporting: powder (3) / good piste (3)
The above table gives the weather forecast for Nozawa Onsen at the specific elevation of 565 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Nozawa Onsen. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of Japan.
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Visitor Reviews of Nozawa Onsen
Overall 4.1 Based on 35 votes and 14 reviews
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- Peter from United States writes:
Nozawa is growing up. While the ratio of Japanese visitors to international visitors in the winter is fairly constant (70:30ish), there's increasingly more of the services that inbound guests want. There are several places to get excellent coffee, breadcentric breakfasts, etc, and the accommodation base in the village is gradually being upgraded. But this remains a real working mountain village (3,600 residents year-round) that just happens to have an Olympic-quality ski field. It feels much more like a small European resort (think Lech, Gstaad, or its twin, St. Anton), although culturally you're absolutely aware that you're in Japan. There's been a ski resort here for over 100 years so the snow and mountain management is world class. The village continues to invest and will replace the main gondola over the next two years. After the opening of the new shinkansen a few years ago, it's just over two hours from Tokyo so much more accessible than it used to be. The green season is picking up, with a lot of winter athletes training on the artificial slope, as well as mountain bikers rubbing shoulders with the regular guests looking for cool weather, local food/sake/beer and onsen.
Visitor Reviews of Nozawa Onsen
Peter from United States writes:
Nozawa is growing up. While the ratio of Japanese visitors to international visitors in the winter is fairly constant (70:30ish), there's increasingly more of the services that inbound guests want. There are several places to get excellent coffee, breadcentric breakfasts, etc, and the accommodation base in the village is gradually being upgraded.
But this remains a real working mountain village (3,600 residents year-round) that just happens to have an Olympic-quality ski field. It feels much more like a small European resort (think Lech, Gstaad, or its twin, St. Anton), although culturally you're absolutely aware that you're in Japan. There's been a ski resort here for over 100 years so the snow and mountain management is world class.
The village continues to invest and will replace the main gondola over the next two years. After the opening of the new shinkansen a few years ago, it's just over two hours from Tokyo so much more accessible than it used to be. The green season is picking up, with a lot of winter athletes training on the artificial slope, as well as mountain bikers rubbing shoulders with the regular guests looking for cool weather, local food/sake/beer and onsen.
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