Hida climate — normals and trends
Hida (Japan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 2,190 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 (21.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Hida averages 136 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 218 rainy days per year.
Hida has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 157 to 115 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 10 August 2023) and the coldest -21.4 °C (on 20 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
HidaGifu
- coords
- 36.24°, 137.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
2,190mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
10.9km/h
Seasonal range
25.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
136 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
218 d/yr
Annual snowfall
302.5 cm
Average feels-like high
11.6 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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
32.1 °C
10 August 2023
Coldest day
-21.4 °C
20 January 1942
Wettest day
170 mm
14 August 2021
Windiest day
52.1 km/h
4 September 2018
Strongest gust
187.6 km/h
4 September 2018
Hottest feels-like
36.6 °C
13 August 2019
Coldest feels-like
-25.8 °C
4 January 1958
Snowiest day
31.8 cm
15 February 2014
Sunniest day
14.0 h
9 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 129 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 0.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 144 mm | +10 mm |
| Mar | 7.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 162 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 14.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 117 mm | -42 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 171 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 23.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 242 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 27.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 92 mm | -211 mm |
| Aug | 27.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 253 mm | +62 mm |
| Sep | 24.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 226 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 17.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 231 mm | +62 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 101 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 178 mm | +28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Hida?
Hida has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 2,190 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hida?
The hottest day measured in Hida between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2023, reaching 32.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Hida?
The coldest day measured in Hida between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1942, at -21.4 °C.
Does it snow in Hida?
Yes. Hida gets on average 302.5 cm of snow per year and has around 136 frost days.
Has the climate of Hida warmed?
Yes: Hida warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Hida?
The wettest day measured in Hida between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, with 170 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Hida?
The windiest day measured in Hida between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 2018, with winds reaching 52.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Hida?
The warmest month in Hida is August (21.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Hida?
Hida receives on average 2,190 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 218 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Hida?
Hida gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Hida?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hida between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2014, with 31.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Hida?
Yes: Hida has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hida?
In Hida, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 13 August 2019, and the lowest was -25.8 °C on 4 January 1958.
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