Kadogawa climate — normals and trends
Kadogawa (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.3 °C and it receives 2,106 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 (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kadogawa averages 1 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.
Kadogawa has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 30 July 2004) and the coldest -3.1 °C (on 26 February 1981).
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
KadogawaMiyazaki
- coords
- 32.47°, 131.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.3°C
Average daily high
20.0°C
Average daily low
14.7°C
Annual rainfall
2,106mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
18.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
147 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.1 cm
Average feels-like high
20.2 °C
Average feels-like low
13.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
111 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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
33.8 °C
30 July 2004
Coldest day
-3.1 °C
26 February 1981
Wettest day
227 mm
30 September 1979
Windiest day
82.4 km/h
30 August 2004
Strongest gust
173.5 km/h
7 September 2004
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
8 August 2024
Coldest feels-like
-10.4 °C
26 February 1981
Snowiest day
9.8 cm
15 February 1968
Sunniest day
13.8 h
6 June 2025
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 | 11.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 27 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 11.1 °C | -0.8 °C | 73 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 95 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 19.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 107 mm | -65 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 263 mm | +42 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 243 mm | -95 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 290 mm | +47 mm |
| Aug | 30.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 84 mm | -178 mm |
| Sep | 28.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 359 mm | +88 mm |
| Oct | 24.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 150 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 18.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 31 mm | -64 mm |
| Dec | 14.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 43 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kadogawa?
Kadogawa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.3 °C and it receives 2,106 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kadogawa?
The hottest day measured in Kadogawa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2004, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kadogawa?
The coldest day measured in Kadogawa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1981, at -3.1 °C.
Does it snow in Kadogawa?
Yes. Kadogawa gets on average 1.1 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Kadogawa warmed?
Yes: Kadogawa warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kadogawa?
The wettest day measured in Kadogawa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1979, with 227 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kadogawa?
The windiest day measured in Kadogawa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 2004, with winds reaching 82.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kadogawa?
The warmest month in Kadogawa is August (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Kadogawa?
Kadogawa receives on average 2,106 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kadogawa?
Kadogawa 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 Kadogawa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kadogawa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1968, with 9.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kadogawa?
Yes: Kadogawa has on average 111 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kadogawa?
In Kadogawa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 8 August 2024, and the lowest was -10.4 °C on 26 February 1981.
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