Higashihiroshima climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Higashihiroshima?

Higashihiroshima has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 1,403 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Higashihiroshima between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2001, reaching 37.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Higashihiroshima?

The coldest day measured in Higashihiroshima between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1940, at -12.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Higashihiroshima?

Yes. Higashihiroshima gets on average 13.6 cm of snow per year and has around 54 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Higashihiroshima warmed?

Yes: Higashihiroshima warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Higashihiroshima?

The wettest day measured in Higashihiroshima between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, with 202 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Higashihiroshima?

The windiest day measured in Higashihiroshima between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 2004, with winds reaching 66.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Higashihiroshima?

The warmest month in Higashihiroshima is August (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Higashihiroshima?

Higashihiroshima receives on average 1,403 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Higashihiroshima?

Higashihiroshima gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Higashihiroshima (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 1,403 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 (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Higashihiroshima averages 54 frost days, 36 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.

Higashihiroshima has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 76 to 32 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 1 August 2001) and the coldest -12.0 °C (on 8 February 1940).

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

HigashihiroshimaHiroshima

coords: 34.41°, 132.74°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

14.5°C

Average daily high

18.8°C

Average daily low

10.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,403mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

13.9km/h

Seasonal range

23.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

54 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

36 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

123 d/yr

Annual snowfall

13.6 cm

Average feels-like high

18.4 °C

Average feels-like low

9.3 °C

Average peak gust

36.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

73 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.8 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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

37.5 °C

1 August 2001

Coldest day

-12.0 °C

8 February 1940

Wettest day

202 mm

14 August 2021

Windiest day

66.5 km/h

7 September 2004

Strongest gust

185.8 km/h

7 September 2004

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

4 August 2001

Coldest feels-like

-16.5 °C

8 February 1940

Snowiest day

24.5 cm

9 March 2010

Sunniest day

14.0 h

31 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.5 °C2 August 2025	-6.8 °C25 February 2025	15.0 °C	1,307 mm	73	63
2024	35.5 °C16 August 2024	-3.0 °C17 January 2024	16.4 °C	1,658 mm	75	36
2023	35.8 °C20 August 2023	-5.4 °C29 January 2023	16.3 °C	1,258 mm	66	35
2022	33.8 °C3 August 2022	-3.5 °C25 February 2022	15.8 °C	1,241 mm	58	46
2021	36.2 °C5 August 2021	-4.9 °C9 January 2021	15.8 °C	1,878 mm	31	27
2020	35.1 °C30 August 2020	-2.5 °C4 February 2020	15.6 °C	1,803 mm	44	28
2019	34.4 °C13 August 2019	-2.6 °C4 January 2019	15.8 °C	1,274 mm	38	28
2018	36.9 °C4 August 2018	-5.2 °C8 February 2018	15.6 °C	1,742 mm	54	44
2017	35.5 °C5 August 2017	-7.5 °C25 January 2017	15.1 °C	1,347 mm	50	50
2016	35.0 °C21 August 2016	-4.8 °C24 January 2016	15.9 °C	1,829 mm	48	35
2015	33.8 °C10 August 2015	-3.1 °C18 January 2015	15.3 °C	1,605 mm	21	31
2014	33.4 °C25 July 2014	-2.8 °C23 January 2014	14.9 °C	1,465 mm	18	45
2013	35.6 °C11 August 2013	-3.4 °C29 January 2013	15.6 °C	1,662 mm	55	39
2012	33.8 °C8 August 2012	-3.1 °C27 December 2012	15.2 °C	1,341 mm	47	44
2011	33.1 °C13 August 2011	-3.8 °C16 January 2011	15.2 °C	1,515 mm	46	48
2010	35.2 °C3 September 2010	-4.1 °C2 January 2010	15.6 °C	1,406 mm	60	29
2009	32.8 °C6 September 2009	-2.0 °C16 January 2009	15.6 °C	1,170 mm	32	21
2008	35.3 °C10 August 2008	-2.7 °C6 March 2008	15.5 °C	1,193 mm	63	36
2007	35.0 °C26 August 2007	-2.5 °C15 January 2007	15.9 °C	1,040 mm	51	24
2006	35.0 °C16 August 2006	-3.3 °C24 January 2006	15.2 °C	1,530 mm	40	42
2005	34.8 °C2 September 2005	-4.4 °C22 February 2005	15.0 °C	941 mm	52	55
2004	36.8 °C30 July 2004	-4.6 °C22 January 2004	15.8 °C	1,811 mm	45	41
2003	33.8 °C22 August 2003	-4.6 °C29 January 2003	15.3 °C	1,556 mm	29	40
2002	36.2 °C1 August 2002	-2.3 °C20 January 2002	15.8 °C	943 mm	65	34
2001	37.5 °C1 August 2001	-5.1 °C15 January 2001	15.3 °C	1,404 mm	51	47
2000	37.0 °C12 August 2000	-3.7 °C28 January 2000	15.4 °C	1,260 mm	60	46
1999	33.1 °C11 August 1999	-4.3 °C22 February 1999	15.2 °C	1,405 mm	26	44
1998	34.0 °C5 August 1998	-4.4 °C25 January 1998	16.1 °C	1,448 mm	53	33
1997	33.8 °C2 September 1997	-4.4 °C22 January 1997	15.1 °C	1,495 mm	43	43
1996	35.9 °C10 August 1996	-5.4 °C26 February 1996	14.7 °C	1,208 mm	49	66
1995	35.3 °C19 August 1995	-3.9 °C31 December 1995	14.6 °C	1,125 mm	50	48
1994	35.5 °C16 July 1994	-4.5 °C14 February 1994	15.7 °C	847 mm	70	44
1993	30.9 °C26 August 1993	-3.0 °C15 February 1993	14.5 °C	1,909 mm	4	43
1992	33.4 °C28 July 1992	-2.9 °C26 December 1992	15.0 °C	1,351 mm	35	29
1991	34.4 °C8 September 1991	-5.2 °C26 February 1991	15.2 °C	1,402 mm	40	39
1990	36.3 °C6 August 1990	-5.4 °C26 January 1990	15.7 °C	1,556 mm	60	31
1989	32.3 °C4 August 1989	-3.5 °C30 January 1989	15.0 °C	1,513 mm	30	32
1988	32.8 °C2 August 1988	-3.5 °C13 January 1988	14.3 °C	1,385 mm	20	47
1987	32.1 °C30 July 1987	-3.3 °C26 January 1987	14.8 °C	1,579 mm	20	49
1986	32.4 °C30 July 1986	-4.3 °C17 February 1986	14.1 °C	1,259 mm	39	65
1985	33.8 °C28 July 1985	-5.5 °C31 January 1985	14.7 °C	1,533 mm	51	55
1984	34.1 °C9 August 1984	-9.7 °C10 February 1984	14.0 °C	1,219 mm	43	80
1983	34.7 °C15 August 1983	-3.5 °C14 February 1983	14.7 °C	1,403 mm	36	58
1982	31.5 °C10 July 1982	-8.3 °C3 January 1982	14.4 °C	1,673 mm	13	51
1981	32.3 °C18 July 1981	-8.9 °C23 January 1981	13.6 °C	1,232 mm	25	68
1980	31.2 °C20 July 1980	-5.6 °C17 February 1980	13.5 °C	2,153 mm	4	75
1979	33.6 °C11 August 1979	-7.7 °C7 February 1979	14.5 °C	1,782 mm	30	57
1978	34.5 °C21 July 1978	-8.7 °C16 February 1978	14.7 °C	1,103 mm	57	58
1977	33.1 °C4 August 1977	-10.2 °C18 February 1977	14.4 °C	1,538 mm	34	66
1976	31.8 °C14 August 1976	-5.5 °C27 December 1976	13.6 °C	1,871 mm	13	61
1975	33.2 °C22 July 1975	-6.1 °C24 February 1975	14.5 °C	1,645 mm	35	56
1974	33.4 °C15 August 1974	-6.0 °C12 February 1974	13.9 °C	1,578 mm	25	62
1973	35.9 °C22 July 1973	-4.7 °C31 January 1973	14.4 °C	1,117 mm	49	66
1972	32.3 °C8 August 1972	-4.8 °C18 January 1972	14.1 °C	2,156 mm	32	52
1971	34.0 °C16 July 1971	-5.0 °C11 February 1971	14.1 °C	1,343 mm	34	64
1970	34.0 °C5 August 1970	-5.2 °C29 January 1970	13.9 °C	1,450 mm	36	76
1969	35.9 °C13 August 1969	-4.8 °C20 December 1969	14.1 °C	1,213 mm	45	66
1968	33.1 °C23 July 1968	-10.4 °C26 February 1968	13.9 °C	1,428 mm	23	68
1967	34.8 °C24 August 1967	-6.7 °C16 January 1967	14.4 °C	1,331 mm	57	71
1966	34.5 °C8 August 1966	-4.9 °C20 January 1966	13.4 °C	1,611 mm	21	68
1965	32.2 °C22 August 1965	-5.5 °C3 February 1965	12.8 °C	1,675 mm	12	82
1964	34.7 °C14 August 1964	-3.9 °C13 December 1964	14.9 °C	1,261 mm	57	47
1963	32.7 °C18 July 1963	-8.9 °C10 February 1963	13.7 °C	1,783 mm	29	71
1962	33.7 °C6 August 1962	-3.9 °C28 February 1962	14.1 °C	1,282 mm	38	63
1961	34.0 °C17 July 1961	-5.0 °C15 January 1961	15.0 °C	1,190 mm	52	61
1960	33.6 °C1 August 1960	-5.5 °C27 January 1960	14.5 °C	1,295 mm	37	57
1959	33.9 °C3 August 1959	-5.7 °C17 January 1959	15.0 °C	1,353 mm	39	42
1958	33.9 °C31 July 1958	-4.0 °C30 March 1958	14.5 °C	1,143 mm	38	47
1957	31.8 °C20 July 1957	-5.4 °C11 February 1957	13.7 °C	1,644 mm	19	60
1956	34.3 °C4 August 1956	-4.7 °C27 December 1956	13.6 °C	1,681 mm	34	71
1955	32.8 °C11 August 1955	-4.6 °C12 January 1955	14.3 °C	1,159 mm	39	55
1954	33.2 °C6 August 1954	-4.9 °C9 February 1954	14.2 °C	1,608 mm	24	49
1953	33.9 °C23 August 1953	-3.5 °C19 January 1953	14.2 °C	1,923 mm	30	48
1952	31.2 °C2 August 1952	-5.4 °C20 February 1952	13.2 °C	1,525 mm	7	61
1951	32.5 °C31 July 1951	-6.0 °C16 February 1951	13.3 °C	1,349 mm	28	65
1950	31.3 °C4 August 1950	-4.2 °C12 March 1950	13.4 °C	1,106 mm	6	69
1949	30.9 °C2 August 1949	-3.9 °C9 January 1949	13.0 °C	1,328 mm	5	70
1948	30.4 °C20 August 1948	-4.0 °C4 January 1948	13.7 °C	1,215 mm	2	57
1947	31.6 °C12 August 1947	-6.6 °C21 February 1947	12.2 °C	1,056 mm	12	84
1946	34.5 °C25 July 1946	-4.7 °C13 March 1946	13.6 °C	881 mm	23	77
1945	30.9 °C10 August 1945	-9.6 °C27 February 1945	12.6 °C	1,645 mm	3	96
1944	30.3 °C18 July 1944	-4.0 °C9 January 1944	13.3 °C	886 mm	5	94
1943	31.4 °C15 August 1943	-6.8 °C12 January 1943	12.8 °C	838 mm	2	86
1942	34.1 °C5 August 1942	-6.9 °C14 February 1942	13.2 °C	803 mm	35	84
1941	30.5 °C8 August 1941	-6.3 °C2 February 1941	13.1 °C	1,165 mm	2	74
1940	30.2 °C27 July 1940	-12.0 °C8 February 1940	12.6 °C	850 mm	3	91

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

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

73 d/yr

+37

Frost days (< 0 °C)

63 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1307 mm

-96 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	7.7 °C	+0.3 °C	15 mm	-28 mm
Feb	6.0 °C	-2.4 °C	43 mm	-17 mm
Mar	13.4 °C	+1.1 °C	126 mm	+33 mm
Apr	19.0 °C	+1.1 °C	55 mm	-67 mm
May	22.3 °C	+0.1 °C	191 mm	+54 mm
Jun	27.1 °C	+1.9 °C	264 mm	+50 mm
Jul	32.1 °C	+3.3 °C	49 mm	-169 mm
Aug	32.0 °C	+1.6 °C	174 mm	+35 mm
Sep	28.6 °C	+1.9 °C	207 mm	+31 mm
Oct	22.9 °C	+1.7 °C	120 mm	+24 mm
Nov	16.2 °C	+0.6 °C	25 mm	-40 mm
Dec	10.6 °C	+0.6 °C	39 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.5 °C

2 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-6.8 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

81.0 mm

10 Aug 2025

Windiest day

32.0 km/h

5 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

77.8 km/h

10 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.5 °C

2 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-10.8 °C

8 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

7.8 cm

1 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

4 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Higashihiroshima?

Higashihiroshima has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 1,403 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Higashihiroshima?

The hottest day measured in Higashihiroshima between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2001, reaching 37.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Higashihiroshima?

The coldest day measured in Higashihiroshima between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1940, at -12.0 °C.

Does it snow in Higashihiroshima?

Yes. Higashihiroshima gets on average 13.6 cm of snow per year and has around 54 frost days.

Has the climate of Higashihiroshima warmed?

Yes: Higashihiroshima warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Higashihiroshima?

The wettest day measured in Higashihiroshima between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, with 202 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Higashihiroshima?

The windiest day measured in Higashihiroshima between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 2004, with winds reaching 66.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Higashihiroshima?

The warmest month in Higashihiroshima is August (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Higashihiroshima?

Higashihiroshima receives on average 1,403 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Higashihiroshima?

Higashihiroshima gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Higashihiroshima?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Higashihiroshima between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 2010, with 24.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Higashihiroshima?

Yes: Higashihiroshima has on average 73 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Higashihiroshima?

In Higashihiroshima, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 4 August 2001, and the lowest was -16.5 °C on 8 February 1940.

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