Awa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Awa?

Awa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 2,040 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Awa?

The hottest day measured in Awa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1998, reaching 35.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Awa?

The coldest day measured in Awa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1951, at -11.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Awa?

Yes. Awa gets on average 16.9 cm of snow per year and has around 34 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Awa warmed?

Yes: Awa warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Awa?

The wettest day measured in Awa between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 1990, with 254 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Awa?

The windiest day measured in Awa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1959, with winds reaching 54.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Awa?

The warmest month in Awa is August (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Awa?

Awa receives on average 2,040 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Awa?

Awa gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Awa (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 2,040 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is August (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Awa averages 34 frost days, 28 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.

Awa has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 56 to 12 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 16 August 1998) and the coldest -11.0 °C (on 16 February 1951).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

AwaTokushima

coords: 34.09°, 134.28°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

14.5°C

Average daily high

18.4°C

Average daily low

11.0°C

Annual rainfall

2,040mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

11.8km/h

Seasonal range

22.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

34 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

28 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

158 d/yr

Annual snowfall

16.9 cm

Average feels-like high

18.4 °C

Average feels-like low

10.1 °C

Average peak gust

40.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

77 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

35.3 °C

16 August 1998

Coldest day

-11.0 °C

16 February 1951

Wettest day

254 mm

19 September 1990

Windiest day

54.9 km/h

26 September 1959

Strongest gust

184.0 km/h

14 September 1954

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

27 July 2024

Coldest feels-like

-14.8 °C

16 February 1951

Snowiest day

42.1 cm

15 February 1968

Sunniest day

14.0 h

28 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.1 °C4 August 2025	-5.5 °C6 February 2025	15.5 °C	1,585 mm	77	38
2024	34.2 °C30 July 2024	-2.9 °C25 December 2024	16.4 °C	2,277 mm	68	12
2023	33.7 °C27 July 2023	-4.7 °C25 January 2023	16.1 °C	2,077 mm	51	19
2022	34.0 °C1 August 2022	-3.1 °C17 February 2022	15.7 °C	1,786 mm	49	27
2021	33.2 °C5 August 2021	-4.9 °C9 January 2021	15.8 °C	2,088 mm	32	18
2020	34.4 °C16 August 2020	-0.9 °C16 December 2020	15.9 °C	2,191 mm	38	6
2019	33.1 °C2 August 2019	-0.5 °C10 January 2019	15.8 °C	2,155 mm	32	3
2018	33.8 °C24 July 2018	-4.3 °C25 January 2018	15.7 °C	2,305 mm	40	31
2017	33.5 °C25 August 2017	-2.7 °C15 January 2017	15.1 °C	2,141 mm	34	20
2016	33.8 °C8 August 2016	-5.3 °C24 January 2016	16.2 °C	2,174 mm	39	12
2015	33.6 °C31 July 2015	-2.4 °C9 February 2015	15.6 °C	2,723 mm	24	11
2014	32.9 °C26 July 2014	-1.8 °C18 December 2014	15.0 °C	2,180 mm	16	13
2013	33.8 °C11 August 2013	-2.0 °C16 January 2013	15.5 °C	2,106 mm	49	21
2012	32.4 °C17 August 2012	-3.9 °C3 February 2012	14.9 °C	2,240 mm	33	23
2011	32.6 °C18 August 2011	-6.7 °C16 February 2011	15.2 °C	2,566 mm	42	23
2010	33.3 °C18 August 2010	-2.0 °C14 January 2010	15.6 °C	1,942 mm	57	14
2009	32.1 °C18 July 2009	-1.6 °C24 January 2009	15.4 °C	1,821 mm	17	6
2008	32.8 °C27 July 2008	-1.5 °C22 January 2008	15.3 °C	2,023 mm	39	16
2007	32.4 °C17 August 2007	-1.0 °C7 March 2007	15.7 °C	1,610 mm	32	2
2006	32.8 °C9 August 2006	-3.4 °C4 February 2006	15.2 °C	2,175 mm	37	22
2005	31.9 °C27 June 2005	-3.2 °C1 February 2005	15.0 °C	1,643 mm	37	34
2004	32.9 °C13 July 2004	-4.2 °C22 January 2004	15.8 °C	2,813 mm	35	25
2003	33.0 °C13 September 2003	-4.5 °C29 January 2003	15.1 °C	2,507 mm	28	22
2002	34.7 °C16 July 2002	-2.6 °C2 January 2002	15.5 °C	1,557 mm	38	16
2001	34.1 °C4 August 2001	-4.9 °C15 January 2001	15.1 °C	1,959 mm	39	25
2000	33.8 °C22 July 2000	-5.4 °C28 January 2000	15.2 °C	1,805 mm	43	29
1999	32.4 °C22 July 1999	-4.2 °C4 February 1999	15.3 °C	1,893 mm	20	24
1998	35.3 °C16 August 1998	-6.9 °C30 January 1998	16.1 °C	2,337 mm	39	17
1997	33.1 °C5 July 1997	-4.6 °C22 January 1997	15.0 °C	1,868 mm	27	36
1996	33.8 °C15 August 1996	-7.0 °C22 February 1996	14.4 °C	1,749 mm	33	46
1995	33.9 °C19 August 1995	-3.1 °C31 January 1995	14.6 °C	1,495 mm	52	25
1994	34.4 °C2 August 1994	-4.5 °C18 February 1994	15.8 °C	1,449 mm	62	26
1993	31.9 °C13 July 1993	-1.8 °C28 January 1993	14.7 °C	2,425 mm	6	17
1992	33.0 °C30 July 1992	-2.2 °C2 February 1992	14.9 °C	2,087 mm	24	10
1991	33.5 °C2 August 1991	-5.1 °C26 February 1991	15.3 °C	2,183 mm	28	20
1990	33.4 °C18 July 1990	-4.3 °C25 January 1990	15.6 °C	2,556 mm	54	17
1989	31.4 °C15 September 1989	-1.7 °C16 January 1989	15.0 °C	2,216 mm	13	16
1988	32.2 °C10 July 1988	-3.4 °C4 February 1988	14.3 °C	1,905 mm	11	32
1987	31.9 °C30 August 1987	-2.8 °C26 January 1987	14.9 °C	1,904 mm	24	24
1986	32.2 °C3 September 1986	-3.5 °C17 February 1986	14.2 °C	1,495 mm	29	46
1985	32.4 °C13 July 1985	-5.4 °C31 January 1985	14.6 °C	1,970 mm	30	37
1984	32.4 °C1 September 1984	-7.8 °C8 February 1984	13.9 °C	1,580 mm	35	67
1983	33.1 °C26 July 1983	-4.4 °C22 February 1983	14.8 °C	1,685 mm	38	32
1982	30.4 °C23 August 1982	-5.4 °C9 February 1982	14.4 °C	2,453 mm	4	38
1981	32.4 °C31 August 1981	-8.4 °C26 February 1981	14.0 °C	1,594 mm	21	51
1980	31.5 °C21 July 1980	-7.4 °C12 January 1980	13.9 °C	2,684 mm	4	51
1979	32.8 °C18 August 1979	-3.1 °C17 January 1979	14.7 °C	2,321 mm	26	31
1978	33.2 °C4 July 1978	-8.2 °C17 February 1978	14.7 °C	1,535 mm	42	49
1977	32.0 °C14 July 1977	-7.5 °C17 February 1977	14.6 °C	2,261 mm	26	53
1976	33.9 °C14 August 1976	-4.4 °C28 December 1976	13.9 °C	2,472 mm	16	39
1975	31.9 °C31 July 1975	-6.3 °C19 February 1975	14.5 °C	2,661 mm	22	40
1974	31.2 °C2 August 1974	-6.2 °C12 February 1974	14.0 °C	2,163 mm	19	40
1973	32.5 °C10 August 1973	-3.6 °C25 February 1973	14.4 °C	1,969 mm	33	36
1972	33.0 °C3 August 1972	-3.3 °C2 March 1972	14.4 °C	2,680 mm	20	25
1971	33.3 °C11 July 1971	-3.6 °C11 January 1971	14.2 °C	2,357 mm	30	39
1970	32.4 °C21 July 1970	-3.6 °C7 February 1970	14.0 °C	2,543 mm	30	60
1969	33.8 °C12 August 1969	-5.3 °C1 March 1969	14.1 °C	1,822 mm	32	47
1968	31.9 °C20 July 1968	-7.2 °C21 February 1968	13.9 °C	2,250 mm	16	60
1967	33.9 °C16 August 1967	-6.5 °C31 December 1967	14.3 °C	1,799 mm	40	54
1966	30.9 °C9 August 1966	-4.8 °C20 January 1966	13.5 °C	2,430 mm	8	43
1965	30.4 °C22 August 1965	-4.7 °C3 February 1965	12.8 °C	2,110 mm	6	52
1964	33.3 °C5 August 1964	-5.3 °C19 February 1964	15.0 °C	2,007 mm	46	32
1963	32.1 °C18 July 1963	-7.2 °C24 January 1963	14.0 °C	2,253 mm	25	61
1962	32.8 °C8 August 1962	-4.1 °C3 February 1962	14.3 °C	2,059 mm	34	40
1961	32.8 °C26 July 1961	-5.2 °C4 February 1961	15.1 °C	2,419 mm	38	39
1960	32.7 °C1 August 1960	-4.8 °C27 January 1960	14.7 °C	1,896 mm	24	26
1959	32.5 °C1 August 1959	-5.7 °C18 January 1959	15.3 °C	2,492 mm	37	28
1958	34.0 °C31 July 1958	-3.7 °C30 March 1958	14.7 °C	2,028 mm	25	26
1957	32.8 °C1 August 1957	-4.6 °C11 February 1957	14.0 °C	2,422 mm	15	42
1956	33.4 °C2 August 1956	-4.8 °C9 January 1956	14.1 °C	2,219 mm	41	57
1955	32.2 °C1 August 1955	-4.1 °C22 February 1955	14.6 °C	2,033 mm	26	35
1954	32.0 °C22 August 1954	-4.0 °C15 February 1954	14.4 °C	2,257 mm	19	33
1953	33.2 °C24 August 1953	-9.8 °C23 February 1953	14.4 °C	2,061 mm	28	31
1952	31.1 °C2 August 1952	-5.9 °C22 February 1952	13.4 °C	2,152 mm	12	46
1951	31.1 °C31 July 1951	-11.0 °C16 February 1951	13.4 °C	1,893 mm	12	47
1950	30.0 °C24 June 1950	-7.4 °C22 February 1950	13.4 °C	1,974 mm	1	46
1949	30.2 °C6 August 1949	-3.1 °C17 January 1949	13.2 °C	1,820 mm	1	41
1948	29.6 °C8 July 1948	-2.3 °C30 January 1948	13.8 °C	1,675 mm	0	34
1947	30.9 °C13 August 1947	-6.5 °C4 February 1947	12.4 °C	1,273 mm	9	70
1946	32.0 °C17 July 1946	-6.7 °C12 March 1946	13.6 °C	1,410 mm	16	57
1945	30.0 °C6 September 1945	-7.7 °C27 February 1945	12.7 °C	2,365 mm	1	79
1944	30.3 °C30 August 1944	-3.1 °C16 February 1944	13.4 °C	1,416 mm	1	59
1943	30.5 °C15 August 1943	-5.3 °C12 January 1943	12.9 °C	1,444 mm	1	67
1942	31.9 °C2 August 1942	-6.5 °C13 February 1942	13.2 °C	1,197 mm	17	64
1941	29.5 °C1 July 1941	-5.9 °C31 January 1941	13.3 °C	2,113 mm	0	52
1940	31.0 °C24 July 1940	-8.0 °C4 February 1940	12.7 °C	1,230 mm	2	66

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.9 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

77 d/yr

+49

Frost days (< 0 °C)

38 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1585 mm

-455 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	8.0 °C	+0.5 °C	30 mm	-31 mm
Feb	7.0 °C	-1.2 °C	33 mm	-45 mm
Mar	13.6 °C	+1.5 °C	113 mm	-5 mm
Apr	18.9 °C	+1.4 °C	96 mm	-61 mm
May	22.1 °C	+0.5 °C	281 mm	+93 mm
Jun	26.8 °C	+2.3 °C	251 mm	-38 mm
Jul	31.3 °C	+2.8 °C	70 mm	-200 mm
Aug	31.5 °C	+2.1 °C	175 mm	-51 mm
Sep	28.7 °C	+3.0 °C	186 mm	-103 mm
Oct	22.4 °C	+2.1 °C	267 mm	+74 mm
Nov	16.2 °C	+0.9 °C	35 mm	-73 mm
Dec	11.6 °C	+1.5 °C	47 mm	-15 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.1 °C

4 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-5.5 °C

6 Feb 2025

Wettest day

72.2 mm

31 Oct 2025

Windiest day

25.3 km/h

17 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

82.8 km/h

24 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.7 °C

6 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-11.3 °C

8 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

1.0 cm

9 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

1 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Awa?

Awa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 2,040 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Awa?

The hottest day measured in Awa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1998, reaching 35.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Awa?

The coldest day measured in Awa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1951, at -11.0 °C.

Does it snow in Awa?

Yes. Awa gets on average 16.9 cm of snow per year and has around 34 frost days.

Has the climate of Awa warmed?

Yes: Awa warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Awa?

The wettest day measured in Awa between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 1990, with 254 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Awa?

The windiest day measured in Awa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1959, with winds reaching 54.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Awa?

The warmest month in Awa is August (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Awa?

Awa receives on average 2,040 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Awa?

Awa gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Awa?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Awa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1968, with 42.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Awa?

Yes: Awa has on average 77 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Awa?

In Awa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 27 July 2024, and the lowest was -14.8 °C on 16 February 1951.

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