Kitakata climate — normals and trends
Kitakata (Japan) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 2,101 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kitakata averages 126 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 233 rainy days per year.
Kitakata has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 143 to 109 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.2 °C (on 30 July 2025) and the coldest -18.2 °C (on 7 February 2020).
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
KitakataFukushima
- coords
- 37.65°, 139.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.2°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
5.9°C
Annual rainfall
2,101mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
13.1km/h
Seasonal range
25.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
126 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
233 d/yr
Annual snowfall
449.4 cm
Average feels-like high
11.7 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
45.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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
34.2 °C
30 July 2025
Coldest day
-18.2 °C
7 February 2020
Wettest day
143 mm
28 June 1966
Windiest day
40.2 km/h
31 March 1979
Strongest gust
175.3 km/h
27 September 1959
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
3 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-22.6 °C
7 February 2020
Snowiest day
44.0 cm
24 December 1980
Sunniest day
14.2 h
15 June 2004
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 230 mm | +32 mm |
| Feb | 0.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 223 mm | +64 mm |
| Mar | 5.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 126 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 11.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 153 mm | +29 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 173 mm | +41 mm |
| Jun | 24.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 137 mm | -41 mm |
| Jul | 29.9 °C | +5.1 °C | 61 mm | -205 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 251 mm | +50 mm |
| Sep | 24.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 213 mm | +27 mm |
| Oct | 16.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 184 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 167 mm | +18 mm |
| Dec | 4.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 225 mm | +24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kitakata?
Kitakata has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 2,101 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kitakata?
The hottest day measured in Kitakata between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2025, reaching 34.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kitakata?
The coldest day measured in Kitakata between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 2020, at -18.2 °C.
Does it snow in Kitakata?
Yes. Kitakata gets on average 449.4 cm of snow per year and has around 126 frost days.
Has the climate of Kitakata warmed?
Yes: Kitakata warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kitakata?
The wettest day measured in Kitakata between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1966, with 143 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kitakata?
The windiest day measured in Kitakata between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1979, with winds reaching 40.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kitakata?
The warmest month in Kitakata is August (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Kitakata?
Kitakata receives on average 2,101 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 233 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kitakata?
Kitakata gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kitakata?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kitakata between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1980, with 44.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kitakata?
Yes: Kitakata has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kitakata?
In Kitakata, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 3 August 2025, and the lowest was -22.6 °C on 7 February 2020.
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