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Zao Sarukura at 880 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 pm (local time) / 29 Sep 2026
Next 4 days weather summary:Light rain (total 4.0mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, strong winds from the WNW by Fri afternoon). | Days 5-7 weather summary:Moderate rain (total 12.0mm), heaviest on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Fri night, calm by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||
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clear | clear | clear | clear | cloudy | clear | rain shwrs | light rain | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | |
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mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
max °C | 11 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
min °C | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
chill °C | 10 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Humid % | 80 | 45 | 66 | 89 | 75 | 59 | 93 | 91 | 76 | 76 | 83 | 77 | 75 | 53 | 71 | 85 |
Freeze m | 4000 | 4200 | 4250 | 4450 | 4400 | 4250 | 3650 | 2800 | 2900 | 3250 | 3400 | 3300 | 3250 | 3600 | 3600 | 3200 |
 | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:23 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:21 | — | — | 5:19 | — | — | 5:17 | — |
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Zao Sarukura Snow Conditions
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| Last snowfall: | 2 Apr 2026 |
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Other resorts in Japan - Yamagata are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 4 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 - Yamagata are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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