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Japan Weekly Snow Roundup #298
Weekly Snow News for Japan, updated 21 January 2026: Japan leads global snowfall again, with 1m (40") in 72 hours on Hokkaido and heavy, cold powder spreading into Honshu.
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Saariselkä at 347 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 1 am (local time) / 23 Jan 2026
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max °C | -10 | -10 | -15 | -17 | -15 | -11 | -11 | -13 | -12 | -14 | -16 | -15 | -16 | -16 | -17 | -17 | -17 | -13 |
min °C | -10 | -13 | -18 | -17 | -16 | -15 | -12 | -16 | -17 | -15 | -17 | -17 | -17 | -17 | -19 | -17 | -18 | -19 |
-10 | -17 | -23 | -22 | -20 | -19 | -12 | -16 | -17 | -19 | -17 | -17 | -17 | -17 | -24 | -17 | -18 | -23 | |
94 | 94 | 89 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 96 | 91 | 95 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 94 | 98 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 | 10:15 | — | — | 10:10 | — | — | 10:04 | — | — | 10:00 | — | — | 9:56 | — | — | 9:52 | — | — |
 | — | 2:29 | — | — | 2:33 | — | — | 2:38 | — | — | 2:44 | — | — | 2:48 | — | — | 2:53 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Fri morning, min -18°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
Mostly dry. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Wed night, min -19°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
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Latest snow reports near Saariselkä:
Saariselkä Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 35 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 30 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in Finland are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 4 of January has on average:
0.5 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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1.2 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
2.9 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Saariselkä at the specific elevation of 347 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Saariselkä. 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 Finland.
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Resort name is also written as Saariselka.
Visitor Reviews of Saariselkä
Overall 2.9 Based on 4 votes and 1 review
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- Malcolm from United Kingdom writes:
Saariselka is the smallest of the resorts I have visited in Lapland. The village is quite compact. As a cross country skier I enjoyed the variety of tracks, going through woods, across lakes and over fells, although the wind and cold made some of the slopes icy and tricky. There is a great, steep, looping descent from the top of the fell down to the village. The tracks also take you out to a gold mine, and the tracks from the hotel with the igloos (I can't remember the name) back to the village give a lovely undulating route with reindeer around to keep you company. Being further north than the other resorts used by Brits, the sunlight in early January is almost non existent, giving a twilight to ski in, which some may find depressing. but when the sun rises I imagine you get the same beautiful skies that contribute to the magic of the Arctic. We saw our best displays of the Northern Lights in Saariseka.
Visitor Reviews of Saariselkä
Malcolm from United Kingdom writes:
Saariselka is the smallest of the resorts I have visited in Lapland.
The village is quite compact.
As a cross country skier I enjoyed the variety of tracks, going through woods, across lakes and over fells, although the wind and cold made some of the slopes icy and tricky.
There is a great, steep, looping descent from the top of the fell down to the village.
The tracks also take you out to a gold mine, and the tracks from the hotel with the igloos (I can't remember the name) back to the village give a lovely undulating route with reindeer around to keep you company.
Being further north than the other resorts used by Brits, the sunlight in early January is almost non existent, giving a twilight to ski in, which some may find depressing. but when the sun rises I imagine you get the same beautiful skies that contribute to the magic of the Arctic.
We saw our best displays of the Northern Lights in Saariseka.
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