Weather at Rusutsu
Weather at Rusutsu: a six-day forecast for three elevations of the mountain. Temperature, precipitation, wind and cloud cover from MET Norway. Updated several times a day.
What the weather at Rusutsu is usually like
The ski area runs from 400 to 994 m above sea level - a 594 m vertical. In January the daytime average is -4 °C at the base and -8 °C at the summit. Plan for that 4 °C gap: what feels right at the base will be cold up top.
Average daytime highs at the summit stay below freezing from December through March.
The season usually runs from 5 December to 4 April.
By March the base is around 2 °C while the summit still holds -1 °C: on days like that, start early and stay high. Based on monthly averages and the resort elevations. For the coming days, see the forecast above.
Average monthly temperature in Rusutsu
0 °C
-6-12
-5-11
1-7
6-2
144
179
2114
2115
1811
113
3-3
-4-10
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Apr
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Oct
Nov
Dec
Average daytime highAverage night-time lowData by Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis) for the mid station; top and base are derived with the standard lapse rate of 0.65 °C per 100 m, exactly as the source itself does. Averaged over 2015 - 2024.