Bange climate — normals and trends
Bange (Japan) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 1,690 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Bange averages 116 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 212 rainy days per year.
Bange has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 135 to 97 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 16 August 1994) and the coldest -17.3 °C (on 7 February 2020).
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
BangeFukushima
- coords
- 37.56°, 139.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.0°C
Average daily high
13.8°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,690mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
116 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
212 d/yr
Annual snowfall
356.1 cm
Average feels-like high
12.5 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
41.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
30 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · p = < 0.001
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
34.6 °C
16 August 1994
Coldest day
-17.3 °C
7 February 2020
Wettest day
134 mm
28 June 1966
Windiest day
43.5 km/h
2 August 1982
Strongest gust
150.8 km/h
27 September 1959
Hottest feels-like
40.2 °C
20 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-22.0 °C
7 February 2020
Snowiest day
44.5 cm
24 December 1980
Sunniest day
14.2 h
20 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 177 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | 0.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 197 mm | +62 mm |
| Mar | 6.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 111 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 14.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 121 mm | +15 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 140 mm | +33 mm |
| Jun | 25.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 122 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 30.0 °C | +4.5 °C | 59 mm | -142 mm |
| Aug | 28.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 183 mm | +31 mm |
| Sep | 25.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 130 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 16.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 152 mm | +28 mm |
| Nov | 11.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 128 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 182 mm | +25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bange?
Bange has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 1,690 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bange?
The hottest day measured in Bange between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1994, reaching 34.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bange?
The coldest day measured in Bange between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 2020, at -17.3 °C.
Does it snow in Bange?
Yes. Bange gets on average 356.1 cm of snow per year and has around 116 frost days.
Has the climate of Bange warmed?
Yes: Bange warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bange?
The wettest day measured in Bange between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1966, with 134 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bange?
The windiest day measured in Bange between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1982, with winds reaching 43.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bange?
The warmest month in Bange is August (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Bange?
Bange receives on average 1,690 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 212 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bange?
Bange gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bange?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bange between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1980, with 44.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bange?
Yes: Bange has on average 30 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bange?
In Bange, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.2 °C on 20 August 2023, and the lowest was -22.0 °C on 7 February 2020.
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