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Weekly Snow News for Japan, updated 24 December 2025: Siberian cold continues to deliver exceptional snowfall, with Hokkaido leading global totals.
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Temple Basin at 1493 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 12 pm (local time) / 25 Dec 2025
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heavy rain | heavy rain | light snow | light snow | mod. rain | light snow | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | light rain | light rain | mod. rain | light rain | |
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41 | 34 | 26 | — | 6 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
max °C | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
min °C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
-1 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | -2 | -2 | -2 | |
98 | 94 | 98 | 95 | 95 | 92 | 71 | 57 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 88 | 78 | 62 | 83 | 91 | 96 | 95 | |
2350 | 2250 | 2000 | 1700 | 1750 | 1650 | 1900 | 2200 | 2050 | 2150 | 2450 | 2550 | 2650 | 2900 | 3200 | 2350 | 2000 | 2050 | |
 | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — |
 | — | 9:13 | — | — | 9:14 | — | — | 9:14 | — | — | 9:14 | — | — | 9:14 | — | — | 9:15 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
Heavy rain (total 111.0mm), mainly falling Thu morning. Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Thu night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 7°C on Sat afternoon, min 0°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Thu afternoon, calm by Sat night).
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
Moderate rain (total 19.0mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 10°C on Mon morning, min 2°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
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Temple Basin Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 5 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 24 Dec 2025 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 4 of December 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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The above table gives the weather forecast for Temple Basin at the specific elevation of 1493 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Temple Basin. 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 New Zealand.
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Visitor Reviews of Temple Basin
Overall 3.9 Based on 10 votes and 4 reviews
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- local from New Zealand writes:
Sickest place I have ever skied. Wide open powder bowls to steep and deep powder chutes !!!! What more could you want..Don't go if you don't want to party hard after a days riding.
Visitor Reviews of Temple Basin
local from New Zealand writes:
Sickest place I have ever skied. Wide open powder bowls to steep and deep powder chutes !!!! What more could you want..Don't go if you don't want to party hard after a days riding.
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