Shirakawago weather in April

Can i know what is the temperature at Shirakawago during 1st wk Apr?Is there alot of snow such that wearing boots is a must?

Average daytime high: 12 degrees
Average nighttime low: 1 degrees
Average snow depth: 20 cm

And how about the temperature in mid April (16)
is there also still snow at that time in Shirakawa ?

Average daytime high: 15 degrees
Average nighttime low: 3 degrees
Average snow depth: 6 cm

These are just the average. As for snow, in the average year, this is just about the time when the snow disappears.

Does anybody have an idea of how the weather will be like in Shirakawago and Takayama in end of May?
Is it still necesary to bring a winter jacket? What's the ave day and night temperature? thanks.

Takayama in late May:
Average daytime high: 24 degrees
Average nighttime low: 11 degrees

Takayama and Shirakawago in late May:
Average daytime high: 23-24 degrees
Average nighttime low: 11 degrees

You won't need a winter jacket.

We were in Takayama & Shirakawa-go on 20th & 21st April. It is very sunny and we wore short sleeve T-shirt for the day. No more snow around. A light jacket is required for evening & night time.

Hi, What would be rouge temperature for Shirakawa-go in Mar? Would it be snowing still? Is it cold during that period? Please advise as I willbe visiting in Mar 09.

Thank you.

Early March:
Average daytime high temperature: 5 degrees
Average nighttime low temperature: -4 degrees
Average snow height: 110 cm

Late March:
Average daytime high temperature: 10 degrees
Average nighttime low temperature: 0 degrees
Average snow height: 40 cm

I went to Ogimachi in first week of April and there was a ton of snow.. more than 6 feet in some places? But the snow was melting, so it must be above 0C. still it was very cold..

Hi Uji, where can you look up the temperatures and snow depths for Shirakawa-go? I'm just wondering about the weather there in early December.

Here are the averages for December:
http://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/nml_amd_d...

最高気温 means maximum temperature, i.e. average daytime high

最低気温 means minium temperature, i,e, average nighttime low

積雪の深さ最大 means depth of snow

Hey hey we were at Shiragawa-go 1st wk of April 08 and it started snowing! Totally unprepared.

And so we visited Takayama right before Shirakawa-go and seriously it was way colder in Takayama, because it is always freezing just before the snow. So you shd bring clothes that are warm enough.

As for snow boots, we stayed at Koemon in Shirakawa-go (fantastic fd & experience) the owners have quite a no. of them in various sizes and they loan it to us for free (as we only used it for couple of hours to trot up to the Viewpoint before heading back to Takayama). Very kind of them indeed.