Ayabe climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ayabe?

Ayabe has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 1,603 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ayabe between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2018, reaching 37.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ayabe?

The coldest day measured in Ayabe between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1942, at -14.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ayabe?

Yes. Ayabe gets on average 37.3 cm of snow per year and has around 61 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Ayabe warmed?

Yes: Ayabe warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ayabe?

The wettest day measured in Ayabe between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 2004, with 186 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ayabe?

The windiest day measured in Ayabe between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 1991, with winds reaching 55.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ayabe?

The warmest month in Ayabe is August (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ayabe?

Ayabe receives on average 1,603 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ayabe?

Ayabe gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ayabe (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 1,603 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 (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Ayabe averages 61 frost days, 37 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 156 rainy days per year.

Ayabe has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 88 to 34 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 5 August 2018) and the coldest -14.3 °C (on 14 February 1942).

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

AyabeKyoto

coords: 35.30°, 135.25°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

13.8°C

Average daily high

18.1°C

Average daily low

9.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,603mm

Sunshine / day

8.6h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

15.1km/h

Seasonal range

23.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

61 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

37 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

156 d/yr

Annual snowfall

37.3 cm

Average feels-like high

17.4 °C

Average feels-like low

8.8 °C

Average peak gust

39.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

67 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.7 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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

37.9 °C

5 August 2018

Coldest day

-14.3 °C

14 February 1942

Wettest day

186 mm

20 October 2004

Windiest day

55.2 km/h

27 September 1991

Strongest gust

154.8 km/h

27 September 1991

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

30 July 2025

Coldest feels-like

-18.0 °C

14 February 1942

Snowiest day

31.7 cm

15 February 1968

Sunniest day

14.0 h

13 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.2 °C30 July 2025	-8.2 °C10 February 2025	15.2 °C	1,346 mm	79	54
2024	35.9 °C7 July 2024	-6.4 °C25 January 2024	15.9 °C	2,042 mm	69	29
2023	35.7 °C17 July 2023	-7.7 °C26 January 2023	15.7 °C	1,623 mm	67	34
2022	34.5 °C1 July 2022	-7.0 °C23 February 2022	15.0 °C	1,416 mm	56	55
2021	35.6 °C5 August 2021	-5.8 °C27 December 2021	15.3 °C	1,774 mm	36	38
2020	35.7 °C20 August 2020	-6.1 °C17 December 2020	15.3 °C	1,749 mm	45	20
2019	35.9 °C2 August 2019	-3.3 °C10 January 2019	15.3 °C	1,470 mm	43	26
2018	37.9 °C5 August 2018	-8.5 °C6 February 2018	15.3 °C	1,979 mm	55	46
2017	34.5 °C6 August 2017	-6.4 °C13 February 2017	14.4 °C	1,790 mm	47	44
2016	34.4 °C5 August 2016	-8.8 °C26 January 2016	15.4 °C	1,775 mm	52	38
2015	35.9 °C2 August 2015	-3.8 °C2 January 2015	15.0 °C	1,793 mm	37	25
2014	35.1 °C25 July 2014	-4.0 °C19 December 2014	14.4 °C	1,738 mm	26	45
2013	35.4 °C22 August 2013	-8.0 °C19 January 2013	14.6 °C	1,795 mm	54	41
2012	34.3 °C31 July 2012	-12.3 °C19 February 2012	14.1 °C	1,513 mm	53	60
2011	34.2 °C10 July 2011	-10.7 °C31 January 2011	14.4 °C	1,906 mm	51	62
2010	35.1 °C22 July 2010	-4.2 °C31 December 2010	15.0 °C	1,591 mm	59	35
2009	32.6 °C8 August 2009	-7.1 °C16 January 2009	14.5 °C	1,610 mm	21	33
2008	35.1 °C26 July 2008	-6.3 °C19 February 2008	14.6 °C	1,330 mm	50	42
2007	34.7 °C16 August 2007	-3.5 °C5 February 2007	14.8 °C	1,220 mm	37	30
2006	35.1 °C10 August 2006	-8.7 °C10 February 2006	14.3 °C	1,683 mm	44	50
2005	34.8 °C5 August 2005	-9.4 °C14 March 2005	14.3 °C	1,030 mm	46	63
2004	33.9 °C27 July 2004	-4.8 °C15 January 2004	15.2 °C	1,811 mm	51	43
2003	34.3 °C23 August 2003	-8.0 °C7 January 2003	14.2 °C	1,690 mm	32	45
2002	34.8 °C23 July 2002	-9.7 °C16 February 2002	14.5 °C	1,262 mm	46	45
2001	36.0 °C2 August 2001	-9.4 °C12 March 2001	14.3 °C	1,443 mm	49	64
2000	34.8 °C5 August 2000	-6.4 °C29 January 2000	14.4 °C	1,537 mm	57	58
1999	32.9 °C4 August 1999	-5.3 °C13 January 1999	14.4 °C	1,453 mm	28	58
1998	34.1 °C3 August 1998	-6.0 °C26 January 1998	15.2 °C	1,713 mm	40	36
1997	33.0 °C11 August 1997	-5.4 °C6 February 1997	14.1 °C	1,473 mm	39	60
1996	33.9 °C3 August 1996	-8.6 °C4 February 1996	13.6 °C	1,479 mm	42	69
1995	35.0 °C19 August 1995	-6.1 °C28 December 1995	13.7 °C	1,514 mm	42	65
1994	36.7 °C7 August 1994	-5.1 °C4 February 1994	15.1 °C	985 mm	64	47
1993	33.8 °C26 August 1993	-4.0 °C15 February 1993	13.7 °C	1,939 mm	14	42
1992	33.8 °C27 July 1992	-3.8 °C16 January 1992	14.2 °C	1,322 mm	32	34
1991	34.7 °C24 July 1991	-6.5 °C25 February 1991	14.5 °C	1,782 mm	34	43
1990	34.7 °C2 August 1990	-4.5 °C3 February 1990	15.1 °C	1,751 mm	62	32
1989	32.3 °C3 August 1989	-4.3 °C4 February 1989	14.2 °C	1,909 mm	31	31
1988	33.0 °C9 July 1988	-8.1 °C20 February 1988	13.4 °C	1,606 mm	22	60
1987	34.0 °C6 June 1987	-7.5 °C3 March 1987	14.2 °C	1,359 mm	35	55
1986	34.1 °C30 July 1986	-8.6 °C28 January 1986	13.3 °C	1,549 mm	37	77
1985	34.5 °C26 July 1985	-6.4 °C31 January 1985	13.9 °C	1,857 mm	48	59
1984	34.5 °C11 August 1984	-9.7 °C4 February 1984	13.1 °C	1,154 mm	44	86
1983	33.8 °C26 July 1983	-6.9 °C28 December 1983	14.0 °C	1,626 mm	37	60
1982	31.8 °C25 August 1982	-9.4 °C31 January 1982	13.8 °C	1,673 mm	16	58
1981	33.8 °C19 July 1981	-9.0 °C31 January 1981	12.9 °C	1,423 mm	34	83
1980	33.0 °C21 July 1980	-8.5 °C17 February 1980	13.0 °C	1,857 mm	7	87
1979	34.2 °C30 July 1979	-6.3 °C20 January 1979	14.2 °C	1,868 mm	32	55
1978	35.0 °C6 July 1978	-9.7 °C2 February 1978	14.1 °C	1,386 mm	57	67
1977	34.1 °C14 July 1977	-12.2 °C17 February 1977	13.8 °C	1,548 mm	33	70
1976	33.5 °C22 August 1976	-8.8 °C25 January 1976	13.2 °C	1,990 mm	18	64
1975	33.5 °C23 July 1975	-8.5 °C24 January 1975	13.8 °C	1,888 mm	38	71
1974	32.5 °C10 August 1974	-10.3 °C12 February 1974	13.3 °C	1,862 mm	28	66
1973	35.1 °C12 August 1973	-3.4 °C24 February 1973	13.7 °C	1,324 mm	50	69
1972	34.3 °C6 August 1972	-4.2 °C2 March 1972	13.9 °C	2,538 mm	31	42
1971	34.1 °C1 August 1971	-5.8 °C9 March 1971	13.3 °C	1,764 mm	31	67
1970	34.9 °C22 July 1970	-10.5 °C7 February 1970	13.1 °C	1,809 mm	41	86
1969	35.1 °C13 August 1969	-7.9 °C14 March 1969	13.2 °C	1,662 mm	38	74
1968	33.3 °C23 July 1968	-9.8 °C21 February 1968	13.2 °C	1,743 mm	20	69
1967	34.3 °C23 July 1967	-8.6 °C15 January 1967	13.5 °C	1,612 mm	43	84
1966	33.1 °C9 August 1966	-8.5 °C28 January 1966	12.6 °C	1,863 mm	25	83
1965	31.7 °C28 July 1965	-9.0 °C31 January 1965	12.0 °C	1,994 mm	20	97
1964	34.6 °C14 August 1964	-6.0 °C1 March 1964	14.3 °C	1,632 mm	52	50
1963	33.8 °C19 July 1963	-7.1 °C16 January 1963	13.4 °C	1,748 mm	39	83
1962	34.7 °C23 July 1962	-6.6 °C27 January 1962	13.7 °C	1,493 mm	46	62
1961	33.7 °C11 August 1961	-4.2 °C14 January 1961	14.6 °C	1,727 mm	59	68
1960	34.8 °C21 July 1960	-8.6 °C26 January 1960	14.1 °C	1,618 mm	40	56
1959	36.5 °C2 August 1959	-4.5 °C18 January 1959	14.6 °C	1,946 mm	47	46
1958	33.7 °C31 July 1958	-4.5 °C4 January 1958	14.0 °C	1,599 mm	33	46
1957	33.7 °C1 August 1957	-5.3 °C9 January 1957	13.3 °C	1,698 mm	23	67
1956	35.0 °C11 August 1956	-7.3 °C24 February 1956	13.3 °C	1,849 mm	41	77
1955	34.6 °C2 August 1955	-9.1 °C14 January 1955	14.1 °C	1,430 mm	43	54
1954	35.3 °C16 August 1954	-9.1 °C31 January 1954	13.8 °C	1,510 mm	32	50
1953	34.9 °C27 July 1953	-9.3 °C23 February 1953	13.6 °C	2,147 mm	29	58
1952	32.3 °C3 August 1952	-10.8 °C19 January 1952	12.2 °C	1,674 mm	17	88
1951	33.2 °C28 July 1951	-8.6 °C16 February 1951	12.5 °C	1,358 mm	33	81
1950	31.3 °C15 August 1950	-7.1 °C12 January 1950	12.8 °C	1,236 mm	17	92
1949	31.5 °C6 August 1949	-4.6 °C25 March 1949	12.4 °C	1,428 mm	10	87
1948	30.8 °C18 August 1948	-4.9 °C3 January 1948	13.0 °C	1,397 mm	3	70
1947	33.5 °C13 August 1947	-11.7 °C17 February 1947	11.5 °C	1,245 mm	23	103
1946	34.2 °C16 July 1946	-7.9 °C13 March 1946	12.8 °C	1,193 mm	23	97
1945	31.3 °C6 August 1945	-12.8 °C30 January 1945	11.8 °C	1,932 mm	16	101
1944	31.7 °C1 September 1944	-6.4 °C19 February 1944	12.5 °C	1,197 mm	10	108
1943	31.1 °C5 August 1943	-7.2 °C30 January 1943	12.1 °C	1,010 mm	12	101
1942	34.7 °C2 August 1942	-14.3 °C14 February 1942	12.4 °C	977 mm	35	91
1941	31.5 °C9 August 1941	-9.9 °C12 February 1941	12.4 °C	1,476 mm	10	91
1940	30.8 °C24 July 1940	-12.7 °C27 January 1940	11.8 °C	1,109 mm	3	103

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.9 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

79 d/yr

+42

Frost days (< 0 °C)

54 d/yr

-7

Annual rainfall

1346 mm

-257 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	7.5 °C	+1.2 °C	34 mm	-27 mm
Feb	6.2 °C	-0.8 °C	52 mm	-20 mm
Mar	12.5 °C	+1.4 °C	127 mm	+21 mm
Apr	18.4 °C	+1.2 °C	62 mm	-64 mm
May	22.4 °C	+0.6 °C	149 mm	+4 mm
Jun	27.9 °C	+2.8 °C	194 mm	-17 mm
Jul	33.0 °C	+4.0 °C	76 mm	-168 mm
Aug	32.5 °C	+2.2 °C	199 mm	+37 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	+3.2 °C	171 mm	-38 mm
Oct	21.8 °C	+1.7 °C	195 mm	+63 mm
Nov	15.5 °C	+0.8 °C	37 mm	-41 mm
Dec	10.8 °C	+1.6 °C	51 mm	-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.2 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-8.2 °C

10 Feb 2025

Wettest day

91.0 mm

10 Aug 2025

Windiest day

28.9 km/h

17 May 2025

Strongest gust

73.4 km/h

17 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-12.7 °C

10 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

4.6 cm

19 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

5 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ayabe?

Ayabe has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 1,603 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ayabe?

The hottest day measured in Ayabe between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2018, reaching 37.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ayabe?

The coldest day measured in Ayabe between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1942, at -14.3 °C.

Does it snow in Ayabe?

Yes. Ayabe gets on average 37.3 cm of snow per year and has around 61 frost days.

Has the climate of Ayabe warmed?

Yes: Ayabe warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ayabe?

The wettest day measured in Ayabe between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 2004, with 186 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ayabe?

The windiest day measured in Ayabe between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 1991, with winds reaching 55.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ayabe?

The warmest month in Ayabe is August (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Ayabe?

Ayabe receives on average 1,603 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ayabe?

Ayabe gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ayabe?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ayabe between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1968, with 31.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Ayabe?

Yes: Ayabe has on average 67 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ayabe?

In Ayabe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 30 July 2025, and the lowest was -18.0 °C on 14 February 1942.

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