Kumano climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kumano?

Kumano has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 2,485 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kumano between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2020, reaching 35.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kumano?

The coldest day measured in Kumano between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1942, at -10.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kumano?

Yes. Kumano gets on average 18.9 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Kumano warmed?

Yes: Kumano warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kumano?

The wettest day measured in Kumano between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1997, with 306 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kumano?

The windiest day measured in Kumano between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1959, with winds reaching 87.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kumano?

The warmest month in Kumano is August (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kumano?

Kumano receives on average 2,485 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 168 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kumano?

Kumano gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kumano (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 2,485 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Kumano averages 45 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 168 rainy days per year.

Kumano has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 70 to 20 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 15 August 2020) and the coldest -10.6 °C (on 14 February 1942).

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

KumanoMie

coords: 33.90°, 136.12°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

13.8°C

Average daily high

17.4°C

Average daily low

10.5°C

Annual rainfall

2,485mm

Sunshine / day

8.3h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

13.2km/h

Seasonal range

21.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

45 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

13 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

168 d/yr

Annual snowfall

18.9 cm

Average feels-like high

17.2 °C

Average feels-like low

9.3 °C

Average peak gust

43.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

70 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.7 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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

35.1 °C

15 August 2020

Coldest day

-10.6 °C

14 February 1942

Wettest day

306 mm

26 July 1997

Windiest day

87.8 km/h

26 September 1959

Strongest gust

272.5 km/h

26 September 1959

Hottest feels-like

40.9 °C

16 August 2020

Coldest feels-like

-15.5 °C

14 February 1942

Snowiest day

27.9 cm

15 February 1968

Sunniest day

14.0 h

3 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	33.3 °C5 July 2025	-6.8 °C12 February 2025	14.7 °C	1,897 mm	35	39
2024	34.9 °C7 July 2024	-2.9 °C24 January 2024	15.9 °C	2,483 mm	56	16
2023	33.6 °C18 July 2023	-6.2 °C25 January 2023	15.5 °C	2,232 mm	20	22
2022	34.3 °C3 August 2022	-3.0 °C17 February 2022	15.2 °C	2,483 mm	27	30
2021	33.7 °C8 August 2021	-5.2 °C9 January 2021	15.3 °C	2,601 mm	14	20
2020	35.1 °C15 August 2020	-1.5 °C31 December 2020	15.4 °C	2,590 mm	28	11
2019	32.8 °C21 August 2019	-1.3 °C26 January 2019	15.3 °C	2,855 mm	19	6
2018	34.3 °C23 July 2018	-5.8 °C25 January 2018	15.2 °C	2,813 mm	30	31
2017	33.9 °C24 August 2017	-4.6 °C15 January 2017	14.5 °C	2,622 mm	14	27
2016	33.3 °C8 August 2016	-5.8 °C24 January 2016	15.5 °C	2,602 mm	19	14
2015	32.7 °C11 August 2015	-2.9 °C9 February 2015	15.1 °C	3,014 mm	22	18
2014	32.2 °C24 July 2014	-3.3 °C18 December 2014	14.3 °C	2,608 mm	9	29
2013	33.2 °C10 August 2013	-4.1 °C16 January 2013	14.6 °C	2,212 mm	27	32
2012	31.9 °C26 July 2012	-5.6 °C3 February 2012	14.0 °C	2,560 mm	7	37
2011	32.1 °C11 August 2011	-6.2 °C16 February 2011	14.4 °C	3,372 mm	17	38
2010	32.3 °C21 July 2010	-3.5 °C14 January 2010	14.9 °C	2,497 mm	21	22
2009	30.8 °C13 July 2009	-1.7 °C24 January 2009	14.7 °C	2,710 mm	7	13
2008	32.7 °C19 August 2008	-3.6 °C14 February 2008	14.5 °C	2,481 mm	13	30
2007	32.2 °C17 August 2007	-2.0 °C7 March 2007	14.8 °C	2,028 mm	9	3
2006	32.0 °C28 July 2006	-4.7 °C4 February 2006	14.5 °C	2,896 mm	13	34
2005	32.0 °C21 July 2005	-4.1 °C2 February 2005	14.1 °C	1,877 mm	15	42
2004	32.9 °C15 July 2004	-5.5 °C23 January 2004	15.1 °C	2,947 mm	14	33
2003	32.2 °C23 August 2003	-6.0 °C30 January 2003	14.2 °C	2,789 mm	12	44
2002	32.5 °C1 August 2002	-3.8 °C2 January 2002	14.3 °C	2,351 mm	11	23
2001	33.4 °C4 July 2001	-6.3 °C31 January 2001	14.1 °C	2,357 mm	14	43
2000	33.4 °C22 July 2000	-5.3 °C1 March 2000	14.3 °C	2,317 mm	12	43
1999	31.3 °C28 August 1999	-6.4 °C4 February 1999	14.4 °C	2,257 mm	8	35
1998	33.3 °C16 August 1998	-5.9 °C30 January 1998	15.3 °C	2,918 mm	23	27
1997	31.6 °C5 July 1997	-6.8 °C22 January 1997	14.0 °C	2,390 mm	13	51
1996	32.4 °C15 August 1996	-6.2 °C3 February 1996	13.3 °C	2,004 mm	13	60
1995	33.5 °C9 August 1995	-4.8 °C18 January 1995	13.7 °C	1,832 mm	38	52
1994	33.3 °C5 July 1994	-5.5 °C31 January 1994	14.8 °C	2,129 mm	16	34
1993	32.0 °C27 August 1993	-3.5 °C3 February 1993	13.8 °C	3,133 mm	2	35
1992	32.9 °C23 July 1992	-2.8 °C2 February 1992	14.1 °C	2,827 mm	15	21
1991	34.9 °C24 July 1991	-6.3 °C25 February 1991	14.5 °C	2,948 mm	14	36
1990	34.4 °C19 July 1990	-6.8 °C26 January 1990	14.8 °C	2,555 mm	18	23
1989	30.8 °C8 August 1989	-3.4 °C29 January 1989	14.3 °C	2,586 mm	5	19
1988	31.5 °C10 July 1988	-4.0 °C4 February 1988	13.5 °C	2,351 mm	8	40
1987	31.6 °C26 July 1987	-4.9 °C3 March 1987	14.2 °C	1,857 mm	14	35
1986	32.2 °C19 July 1986	-6.1 °C26 February 1986	13.2 °C	1,780 mm	3	60
1985	31.3 °C30 July 1985	-7.3 °C15 January 1985	13.7 °C	2,308 mm	5	53
1984	32.7 °C5 July 1984	-7.6 °C8 February 1984	12.8 °C	1,834 mm	10	80
1983	33.1 °C26 July 1983	-5.2 °C9 March 1983	13.9 °C	2,355 mm	15	48
1982	29.4 °C23 August 1982	-6.4 °C16 February 1982	13.5 °C	2,855 mm	0	43
1981	30.9 °C19 July 1981	-8.9 °C27 February 1981	13.2 °C	2,024 mm	5	55
1980	30.7 °C22 July 1980	-6.1 °C17 February 1980	13.4 °C	2,725 mm	1	57
1979	32.5 °C30 July 1979	-4.4 °C17 January 1979	14.1 °C	2,905 mm	10	38
1978	33.5 °C4 July 1978	-5.8 °C2 February 1978	14.0 °C	1,927 mm	12	48
1977	33.0 °C14 July 1977	-9.5 °C17 February 1977	14.0 °C	2,694 mm	12	55
1976	32.9 °C14 August 1976	-5.1 °C22 January 1976	13.2 °C	2,607 mm	6	43
1975	31.0 °C18 July 1975	-6.2 °C2 March 1975	13.5 °C	3,248 mm	5	48
1974	31.2 °C6 August 1974	-6.9 °C12 February 1974	13.4 °C	3,233 mm	4	47
1973	31.7 °C10 August 1973	-4.4 °C25 February 1973	13.6 °C	2,359 mm	14	45
1972	33.8 °C3 August 1972	-5.5 °C2 March 1972	13.8 °C	3,428 mm	15	32
1971	32.2 °C16 July 1971	-6.3 °C11 February 1971	13.4 °C	3,010 mm	14	50
1970	32.3 °C21 July 1970	-7.8 °C7 February 1970	13.0 °C	3,056 mm	13	64
1969	34.6 °C13 August 1969	-5.6 °C6 February 1969	13.4 °C	2,394 mm	15	54
1968	31.5 °C22 July 1968	-6.5 °C10 February 1968	13.1 °C	3,197 mm	8	64
1967	34.0 °C25 August 1967	-9.3 °C17 January 1967	13.5 °C	2,503 mm	15	64
1966	30.2 °C30 July 1966	-5.9 °C20 January 1966	12.7 °C	2,910 mm	1	51
1965	30.9 °C12 August 1965	-5.5 °C13 January 1965	12.1 °C	2,386 mm	5	77
1964	32.3 °C5 September 1964	-4.5 °C13 February 1964	14.2 °C	2,266 mm	28	37
1963	32.1 °C18 July 1963	-8.0 °C23 January 1963	13.4 °C	2,383 mm	11	66
1962	32.3 °C7 August 1962	-5.2 °C28 January 1962	13.6 °C	2,466 mm	18	50
1961	33.0 °C15 July 1961	-5.9 °C2 February 1961	14.3 °C	2,834 mm	18	56
1960	32.6 °C14 July 1960	-6.6 °C25 January 1960	14.1 °C	2,456 mm	17	33
1959	32.8 °C1 August 1959	-6.8 °C20 January 1959	14.7 °C	3,102 mm	19	38
1958	32.3 °C31 July 1958	-4.7 °C4 January 1958	14.1 °C	2,735 mm	13	37
1957	32.6 °C31 July 1957	-6.0 °C20 February 1957	13.4 °C	2,628 mm	7	52
1956	34.0 °C2 August 1956	-6.6 °C11 March 1956	13.5 °C	2,534 mm	18	70
1955	32.5 °C2 August 1955	-8.1 °C28 January 1955	14.0 °C	2,588 mm	13	43
1954	32.1 °C9 August 1954	-5.9 °C27 January 1954	13.8 °C	2,928 mm	6	45
1953	33.3 °C18 August 1953	-7.5 °C23 February 1953	13.6 °C	2,525 mm	17	50
1952	31.1 °C25 August 1952	-6.9 °C6 February 1952	12.6 °C	2,363 mm	6	70
1951	30.6 °C29 July 1951	-7.3 °C16 February 1951	12.6 °C	2,149 mm	4	63
1950	30.2 °C7 July 1950	-6.2 °C22 February 1950	12.6 °C	2,926 mm	1	67
1949	29.8 °C6 August 1949	-4.7 °C17 January 1949	12.4 °C	2,133 mm	0	61
1948	29.1 °C26 July 1948	-3.7 °C24 February 1948	13.0 °C	1,953 mm	0	59
1947	30.9 °C10 August 1947	-8.3 °C29 January 1947	11.6 °C	1,531 mm	8	86
1946	32.4 °C14 July 1946	-7.5 °C6 January 1946	12.8 °C	1,710 mm	11	71
1945	29.8 °C6 September 1945	-7.6 °C19 January 1945	11.9 °C	3,177 mm	0	88
1944	30.0 °C2 September 1944	-5.5 °C16 February 1944	12.5 °C	1,844 mm	1	75
1943	29.4 °C15 August 1943	-7.0 °C2 February 1943	12.1 °C	1,497 mm	0	79
1942	30.6 °C29 July 1942	-10.6 °C14 February 1942	12.4 °C	1,333 mm	6	74
1941	29.5 °C18 August 1941	-7.9 °C3 February 1941	12.5 °C	2,585 mm	0	63
1940	30.3 °C24 July 1940	-7.8 °C4 February 1940	11.8 °C	1,376 mm	1	83

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

18.7 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

35 d/yr

+22

Frost days (< 0 °C)

39 d/yr

-6

Annual rainfall

1897 mm

-588 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	7.5 °C	+0.7 °C	45 mm	-35 mm
Feb	6.0 °C	-1.5 °C	36 mm	-63 mm
Mar	13.1 °C	+1.8 °C	129 mm	-25 mm
Apr	18.1 °C	+1.7 °C	144 mm	-55 mm
May	20.6 °C	+0.4 °C	384 mm	+156 mm
Jun	25.6 °C	+2.5 °C	171 mm	-167 mm
Jul	28.4 °C	+1.4 °C	160 mm	-135 mm
Aug	30.0 °C	+2.2 °C	116 mm	-162 mm
Sep	27.6 °C	+2.8 °C	172 mm	-168 mm
Oct	21.1 °C	+1.3 °C	382 mm	+122 mm
Nov	15.3 °C	+0.4 °C	62 mm	-78 mm
Dec	10.9 °C	+1.4 °C	97 mm	+20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.3 °C

5 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-6.8 °C

12 Feb 2025

Wettest day

74.0 mm

24 May 2025

Windiest day

29.5 km/h

17 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

87.1 km/h

17 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.4 °C

2 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-12.1 °C

8 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

3.2 cm

2 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

4 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kumano?

Kumano has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 2,485 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kumano?

The hottest day measured in Kumano between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2020, reaching 35.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kumano?

The coldest day measured in Kumano between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1942, at -10.6 °C.

Does it snow in Kumano?

Yes. Kumano gets on average 18.9 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.

Has the climate of Kumano warmed?

Yes: Kumano warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kumano?

The wettest day measured in Kumano between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1997, with 306 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kumano?

The windiest day measured in Kumano between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1959, with winds reaching 87.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kumano?

The warmest month in Kumano is August (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Kumano?

Kumano receives on average 2,485 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 168 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kumano?

Kumano gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kumano?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kumano between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1968, with 27.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Kumano?

Yes: Kumano has on average 70 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kumano?

In Kumano, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 16 August 2020, and the lowest was -15.5 °C on 14 February 1942.

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