Kitami climate — normals and trends
Kitami (Japan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 955 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 (19.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kitami averages 164 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Kitami has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 173 to 155 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 26 May 2019) and the coldest -28.3 °C (on 9 February 2019).
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
KitamiHokkaido
- coords
- 43.80°, 143.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.5°C
Average daily high
9.8°C
Average daily low
1.1°C
Annual rainfall
955mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
29.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
164 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
194.4 cm
Average feels-like high
7.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.9 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
37.3 °C
26 May 2019
Coldest day
-28.3 °C
9 February 2019
Wettest day
117 mm
8 October 2015
Windiest day
51.4 km/h
2 March 2013
Strongest gust
119.5 km/h
18 September 2017
Hottest feels-like
41.8 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-33.7 °C
9 February 2019
Snowiest day
52.4 cm
17 January 1975
Sunniest day
15.0 h
9 June 1941
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 | -1.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 49 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | -1.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 41 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 2.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 66 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 10.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 117 mm | +44 mm |
| May | 17.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 59 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 23.7 °C | +5.2 °C | 67 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 28.8 °C | +6.5 °C | 73 mm | -22 mm |
| Aug | 26.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 118 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 22.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 151 mm | +34 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 34 mm | -52 mm |
| Nov | 6.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 111 mm | +44 mm |
| Dec | 0.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 145 mm | +85 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kitami?
Kitami has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 955 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kitami?
The hottest day measured in Kitami between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 2019, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kitami?
The coldest day measured in Kitami between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2019, at -28.3 °C.
Does it snow in Kitami?
Yes. Kitami gets on average 194.4 cm of snow per year and has around 164 frost days.
Has the climate of Kitami warmed?
Yes: Kitami warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kitami?
The wettest day measured in Kitami between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 2015, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kitami?
The windiest day measured in Kitami between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 2013, with winds reaching 51.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kitami?
The warmest month in Kitami is August (19.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kitami?
Kitami receives on average 955 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kitami?
Kitami gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kitami?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kitami between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1975, with 52.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kitami?
Yes: Kitami has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kitami?
In Kitami, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.8 °C on 24 July 2025, and the lowest was -33.7 °C on 9 February 2019.
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