Gujō climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gujō?

Gujō has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 2,560 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gujō between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2018, reaching 36.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gujō?

The coldest day measured in Gujō between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -17.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gujō?

Yes. Gujō gets on average 88.2 cm of snow per year and has around 90 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Gujō warmed?

Yes: Gujō warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gujō?

The wettest day measured in Gujō between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 1988, with 199 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gujō?

The windiest day measured in Gujō between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1959, with winds reaching 63.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gujō?

The warmest month in Gujō is August (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gujō?

Gujō receives on average 2,560 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gujō?

Gujō gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gujō (Japan) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 2,560 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Gujō averages 90 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 180 rainy days per year.

Gujō has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 120 to 60 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 24 July 2018) and the coldest -17.9 °C (on 22 January 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

GujōGifu

coords: 35.74°, 136.96°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

11.8°C

Average daily high

16.2°C

Average daily low

7.7°C

Annual rainfall

2,560mm

Sunshine / day

8.5h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

12.0km/h

Seasonal range

24.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

90 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

16 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

180 d/yr

Annual snowfall

88.2 cm

Average feels-like high

15.5 °C

Average feels-like low

6.2 °C

Average peak gust

37.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

37 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.2 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

36.8 °C

24 July 2018

Coldest day

-17.9 °C

22 January 1942

Wettest day

199 mm

3 June 1988

Windiest day

63.5 km/h

26 September 1959

Strongest gust

196.6 km/h

26 September 1959

Hottest feels-like

41.6 °C

1 August 2025

Coldest feels-like

-22.7 °C

22 January 1942

Snowiest day

19.9 cm

15 February 1968

Sunniest day

14.0 h

11 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.3 °C29 July 2025	-9.4 °C12 February 2025	13.4 °C	2,480 mm	63	81
2024	35.5 °C2 August 2024	-4.6 °C30 December 2024	14.4 °C	2,857 mm	52	55
2023	35.1 °C14 August 2023	-8.2 °C1 February 2023	14.0 °C	2,680 mm	44	53
2022	34.9 °C1 July 2022	-7.6 °C22 February 2022	13.5 °C	2,490 mm	30	65
2021	34.7 °C8 August 2021	-11.3 °C10 January 2021	13.4 °C	3,215 mm	23	51
2020	35.0 °C16 August 2020	-5.4 °C7 February 2020	13.6 °C	3,060 mm	30	32
2019	34.4 °C10 August 2019	-3.2 °C10 January 2019	13.7 °C	2,231 mm	28	53
2018	36.8 °C24 July 2018	-12.5 °C9 February 2018	13.6 °C	3,151 mm	38	63
2017	32.4 °C9 August 2017	-8.0 °C24 January 2017	12.6 °C	2,049 mm	13	66
2016	33.8 °C8 August 2016	-10.8 °C26 January 2016	13.7 °C	2,505 mm	25	49
2015	35.3 °C31 July 2015	-8.9 °C2 January 2015	13.5 °C	2,564 mm	27	52
2014	34.1 °C25 July 2014	-8.4 °C28 December 2014	12.4 °C	2,477 mm	9	82
2013	34.2 °C12 August 2013	-7.7 °C28 January 2013	12.7 °C	2,116 mm	25	70
2012	33.5 °C26 July 2012	-10.2 °C3 February 2012	12.2 °C	2,241 mm	19	87
2011	32.2 °C10 August 2011	-11.7 °C31 January 2011	12.4 °C	2,715 mm	19	83
2010	35.0 °C22 July 2010	-6.8 °C30 December 2010	13.0 °C	2,768 mm	31	62
2009	32.1 °C11 August 2009	-7.4 °C22 December 2009	12.9 °C	2,588 mm	9	52
2008	33.3 °C9 August 2008	-5.5 °C10 February 2008	12.8 °C	1,753 mm	23	64
2007	35.1 °C16 August 2007	-3.9 °C7 March 2007	12.9 °C	1,811 mm	17	57
2006	34.3 °C5 August 2006	-6.7 °C4 February 2006	12.9 °C	2,419 mm	25	65
2005	32.9 °C22 July 2005	-8.7 °C2 February 2005	12.5 °C	1,728 mm	18	84
2004	33.3 °C28 July 2004	-10.0 °C26 January 2004	13.2 °C	3,035 mm	22	68
2003	31.7 °C23 August 2003	-10.5 °C9 January 2003	12.2 °C	2,804 mm	12	84
2002	33.2 °C24 July 2002	-7.9 °C3 January 2002	12.3 °C	2,222 mm	19	79
2001	33.0 °C24 July 2001	-12.6 °C16 January 2001	12.1 °C	1,940 mm	19	91
2000	32.0 °C19 July 2000	-11.3 °C28 January 2000	12.2 °C	2,464 mm	20	84
1999	31.5 °C6 August 1999	-12.2 °C5 February 1999	12.3 °C	2,787 mm	10	89
1998	32.1 °C3 July 1998	-8.7 °C30 January 1998	13.3 °C	2,942 mm	13	73
1997	30.9 °C11 August 1997	-8.9 °C13 January 1997	11.9 °C	2,754 mm	11	87
1996	32.1 °C18 July 1996	-12.1 °C21 February 1996	11.2 °C	2,277 mm	23	105
1995	35.0 °C19 August 1995	-11.3 °C28 December 1995	11.3 °C	2,238 mm	32	107
1994	34.3 °C15 July 1994	-9.5 °C31 January 1994	12.8 °C	1,660 mm	27	93
1993	29.9 °C17 June 1993	-10.3 °C11 February 1993	11.6 °C	3,121 mm	0	79
1992	33.1 °C27 July 1992	-10.8 °C10 February 1992	12.1 °C	2,135 mm	15	77
1991	32.5 °C19 August 1991	-10.8 °C26 February 1991	12.5 °C	2,845 mm	12	70
1990	34.2 °C4 August 1990	-10.7 °C26 January 1990	13.0 °C	2,792 mm	22	61
1989	31.5 °C5 August 1989	-8.1 °C3 January 1989	12.4 °C	2,922 mm	6	60
1988	33.6 °C2 August 1988	-11.2 °C9 February 1988	11.2 °C	2,493 mm	7	102
1987	32.3 °C6 June 1987	-11.8 °C2 February 1987	12.2 °C	2,309 mm	12	91
1986	32.0 °C30 July 1986	-11.5 °C13 January 1986	11.2 °C	2,244 mm	12	94
1985	33.1 °C29 July 1985	-12.3 °C31 January 1985	11.6 °C	2,917 mm	17	96
1984	33.0 °C12 August 1984	-10.7 °C4 February 1984	10.9 °C	1,819 mm	17	108
1983	33.9 °C4 August 1983	-13.2 °C31 December 1983	11.5 °C	2,850 mm	18	98
1982	29.7 °C7 August 1982	-12.0 °C18 January 1982	11.7 °C	2,586 mm	0	86
1981	32.5 °C17 July 1981	-10.9 °C28 February 1981	10.7 °C	2,460 mm	10	108
1980	32.2 °C21 July 1980	-10.7 °C12 January 1980	11.1 °C	3,397 mm	2	101
1979	32.0 °C31 July 1979	-11.1 °C20 January 1979	12.2 °C	3,045 mm	9	97
1978	33.0 °C5 July 1978	-10.3 °C31 December 1978	11.8 °C	2,621 mm	19	105
1977	32.7 °C3 August 1977	-12.5 °C18 February 1977	11.9 °C	2,618 mm	13	86
1976	31.9 °C22 August 1976	-13.7 °C30 December 1976	11.0 °C	3,552 mm	3	96
1975	32.3 °C18 July 1975	-11.6 °C15 January 1975	11.6 °C	3,105 mm	12	102
1974	32.2 °C15 August 1974	-9.0 °C27 February 1974	11.1 °C	3,035 mm	13	108
1973	33.4 °C10 August 1973	-12.1 °C25 December 1973	11.5 °C	2,420 mm	25	114
1972	33.3 °C8 August 1972	-12.7 °C2 March 1972	11.9 °C	4,273 mm	16	88
1971	31.9 °C29 July 1971	-14.3 °C2 February 1971	11.2 °C	3,047 mm	10	95
1970	33.2 °C22 July 1970	-12.0 °C20 January 1970	10.9 °C	2,620 mm	11	118
1969	32.5 °C13 August 1969	-13.2 °C21 December 1969	11.1 °C	2,882 mm	7	105
1968	31.9 °C23 July 1968	-10.2 °C21 February 1968	11.2 °C	2,537 mm	9	93
1967	32.0 °C5 August 1967	-15.7 °C17 January 1967	11.3 °C	2,604 mm	17	107
1966	32.0 °C7 August 1966	-12.6 °C8 February 1966	10.5 °C	2,889 mm	3	116
1965	30.8 °C22 August 1965	-13.9 °C26 January 1965	9.9 °C	2,619 mm	4	127
1964	32.6 °C25 July 1964	-9.8 °C1 March 1964	12.2 °C	2,360 mm	23	93
1963	32.3 °C18 July 1963	-14.5 °C27 January 1963	11.2 °C	2,762 mm	7	100
1962	33.0 °C22 July 1962	-11.3 °C17 January 1962	11.4 °C	2,540 mm	14	109
1961	32.7 °C17 July 1961	-14.2 °C2 January 1961	12.2 °C	3,015 mm	19	97
1960	34.4 °C1 August 1960	-11.1 °C23 February 1960	12.1 °C	2,525 mm	19	92
1959	34.6 °C2 August 1959	-12.4 °C6 January 1959	12.4 °C	2,871 mm	18	70
1958	32.2 °C30 July 1958	-13.4 °C4 January 1958	11.8 °C	2,657 mm	8	87
1957	32.2 °C1 August 1957	-12.2 °C9 January 1957	11.2 °C	3,065 mm	4	92
1956	34.2 °C2 August 1956	-10.7 °C25 December 1956	11.2 °C	2,793 mm	20	106
1955	33.5 °C8 August 1955	-10.7 °C28 January 1955	12.1 °C	2,644 mm	23	96
1954	32.9 °C24 August 1954	-12.4 °C7 February 1954	11.8 °C	2,555 mm	14	83
1953	33.0 °C20 August 1953	-10.3 °C3 January 1953	11.5 °C	3,235 mm	17	90
1952	31.3 °C27 August 1952	-13.1 °C10 January 1952	10.1 °C	2,407 mm	5	116
1951	32.6 °C27 July 1951	-14.4 °C16 January 1951	10.2 °C	2,175 mm	13	108
1950	30.8 °C22 August 1950	-12.2 °C29 December 1950	10.6 °C	2,091 mm	1	119
1949	31.4 °C6 August 1949	-13.8 °C17 January 1949	10.2 °C	2,184 mm	2	122
1948	29.9 °C6 August 1948	-13.4 °C3 January 1948	11.0 °C	2,289 mm	0	99
1947	32.2 °C13 August 1947	-15.6 °C21 December 1947	9.4 °C	2,164 mm	4	137
1946	32.7 °C24 July 1946	-10.9 °C6 January 1946	10.7 °C	1,800 mm	10	117
1945	30.5 °C8 August 1945	-14.9 °C19 January 1945	9.7 °C	3,026 mm	2	125
1944	30.5 °C31 August 1944	-14.2 °C12 February 1944	10.3 °C	1,940 mm	3	125
1943	31.2 °C9 August 1943	-14.6 °C6 January 1943	9.9 °C	1,526 mm	4	128
1942	32.5 °C2 August 1942	-17.9 °C22 January 1942	10.4 °C	1,531 mm	12	117
1941	29.5 °C18 August 1941	-15.8 °C3 February 1941	10.3 °C	2,399 mm	0	116
1940	29.6 °C25 July 1940	-14.7 °C25 January 1940	9.6 °C	1,817 mm	0	127

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

18.2 °C

+2.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

63 d/yr

+47

Frost days (< 0 °C)

81 d/yr

-9

Annual rainfall

2480 mm

-80 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	4.7 °C	+0.9 °C	69 mm	-22 mm
Feb	3.6 °C	-1.3 °C	68 mm	-33 mm
Mar	11.4 °C	+2.3 °C	181 mm	+9 mm
Apr	17.6 °C	+2.1 °C	203 mm	-18 mm
May	21.5 °C	+1.4 °C	274 mm	+41 mm
Jun	25.9 °C	+2.8 °C	365 mm	+37 mm
Jul	31.0 °C	+4.2 °C	244 mm	-154 mm
Aug	31.3 °C	+3.1 °C	275 mm	+7 mm
Sep	27.6 °C	+3.1 °C	337 mm	+24 mm
Oct	20.4 °C	+1.5 °C	259 mm	+61 mm
Nov	13.6 °C	+0.6 °C	76 mm	-59 mm
Dec	8.1 °C	+1.3 °C	129 mm	+27 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.3 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-9.4 °C

12 Feb 2025

Wettest day

107.4 mm

11 Aug 2025

Windiest day

28.9 km/h

15 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

72.0 km/h

10 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.6 °C

1 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-13.9 °C

12 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

6.2 cm

19 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

5 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gujō?

Gujō has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 2,560 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gujō?

The hottest day measured in Gujō between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2018, reaching 36.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gujō?

The coldest day measured in Gujō between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -17.9 °C.

Does it snow in Gujō?

Yes. Gujō gets on average 88.2 cm of snow per year and has around 90 frost days.

Has the climate of Gujō warmed?

Yes: Gujō warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gujō?

The wettest day measured in Gujō between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 1988, with 199 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gujō?

The windiest day measured in Gujō between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1959, with winds reaching 63.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gujō?

The warmest month in Gujō is August (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Gujō?

Gujō receives on average 2,560 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gujō?

Gujō gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gujō?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gujō between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1968, with 19.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Gujō?

Yes: Gujō has on average 37 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gujō?

In Gujō, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 1 August 2025, and the lowest was -22.7 °C on 22 January 1942.

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