Kitakami climate — normals and trends
Kitakami (Japan) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 1,398 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 (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kitakami averages 130 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 176 rainy days per year.
Kitakami has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 150 to 110 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 23 August 2018) and the coldest -23.2 °C (on 7 January 1941).
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
KitakamiIwate
- coords
- 39.28°, 141.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.3°C
Average daily high
13.4°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,398mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
26.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
130 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
176 d/yr
Annual snowfall
161.7 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.4 °C
Average peak gust
42.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
25 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
34.3 °C
23 August 2018
Coldest day
-23.2 °C
7 January 1941
Wettest day
145 mm
12 August 1971
Windiest day
43.2 km/h
13 December 1957
Strongest gust
145.8 km/h
16 September 1961
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
23 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-27.8 °C
7 January 1941
Snowiest day
35.8 cm
29 March 1966
Sunniest day
14.6 h
14 June 1989
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 69 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 2.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 55 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 7.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 95 mm | +0 mm |
| Apr | 13.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 144 mm | +40 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 147 mm | +36 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 108 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 29.6 °C | +4.8 °C | 79 mm | -101 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 174 mm | +11 mm |
| Sep | 24.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 200 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 16.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 126 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 112 mm | +20 mm |
| Dec | 4.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 107 mm | +19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kitakami?
Kitakami has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 1,398 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kitakami?
The hottest day measured in Kitakami between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 2018, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kitakami?
The coldest day measured in Kitakami between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1941, at -23.2 °C.
Does it snow in Kitakami?
Yes. Kitakami gets on average 161.7 cm of snow per year and has around 130 frost days.
Has the climate of Kitakami warmed?
Yes: Kitakami warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kitakami?
The wettest day measured in Kitakami between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1971, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kitakami?
The windiest day measured in Kitakami between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1957, with winds reaching 43.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kitakami?
The warmest month in Kitakami is August (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Kitakami?
Kitakami receives on average 1,398 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 176 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kitakami?
Kitakami gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kitakami?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kitakami between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1966, with 35.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kitakami?
Yes: Kitakami has on average 25 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kitakami?
In Kitakami, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 23 August 2018, and the lowest was -27.8 °C on 7 January 1941.
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