Kurihara climate — normals and trends
Kurihara (Japan) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 1,369 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kurihara averages 107 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.
Kurihara 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 127 to 87 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 14 August 1994) and the coldest -18.8 °C (on 17 January 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
KuriharaMiyagi
- coords
- 38.75°, 141.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
7.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,369mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
15.6km/h
Seasonal range
24.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
107 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
158 d/yr
Annual snowfall
84.1 cm
Average feels-like high
14.1 °C
Average feels-like low
5.3 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
38 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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
36.4 °C
14 August 1994
Coldest day
-18.8 °C
17 January 1942
Wettest day
139 mm
21 September 2011
Windiest day
49.3 km/h
31 March 1979
Strongest gust
126.4 km/h
27 September 1959
Hottest feels-like
42.8 °C
14 August 1994
Coldest feels-like
-24.3 °C
17 January 1942
Snowiest day
38.0 cm
18 January 2016
Sunniest day
14.5 h
19 June 2007
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 52 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 30 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 10.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 79 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 125 mm | +24 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 176 mm | +64 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 88 mm | -57 mm |
| Jul | 31.3 °C | +5.3 °C | 118 mm | -73 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 239 mm | +63 mm |
| Sep | 26.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 169 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 18.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 146 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 12.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 75 mm | +0 mm |
| Dec | 7.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 79 mm | +14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kurihara?
Kurihara has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 1,369 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kurihara?
The hottest day measured in Kurihara between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1994, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kurihara?
The coldest day measured in Kurihara between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1942, at -18.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kurihara?
Yes. Kurihara gets on average 84.1 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.
Has the climate of Kurihara warmed?
Yes: Kurihara warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kurihara?
The wettest day measured in Kurihara between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 2011, with 139 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kurihara?
The windiest day measured in Kurihara between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1979, with winds reaching 49.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kurihara?
The warmest month in Kurihara is August (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Kurihara?
Kurihara receives on average 1,369 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kurihara?
Kurihara gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kurihara?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kurihara between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2016, with 38.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kurihara?
Yes: Kurihara has on average 38 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kurihara?
In Kurihara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.8 °C on 14 August 1994, and the lowest was -24.3 °C on 17 January 1942.
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