Kurobe-shi climate — normals and trends
Kurobe-shi (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 2,451 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 (25.7 °C on average) and the coldest is February (2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Kurobe-shi averages 26 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 227 rainy days per year.
Kurobe-shi has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 42 to 10 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.7 °C (on 29 July 2018) and the coldest -4.9 °C (on 22 January 1997).
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
Kurobe-shiToyama
- coords
- 36.90°, 137.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.3°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
11.6°C
Annual rainfall
2,451mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
16.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
26 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
227 d/yr
Annual snowfall
263.0 cm
Average feels-like high
14.5 °C
Average feels-like low
10.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
80 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
33.7 °C
29 July 2018
Coldest day
-4.9 °C
22 January 1997
Wettest day
174 mm
8 July 1964
Windiest day
70.4 km/h
28 September 1991
Strongest gust
153.7 km/h
4 September 2018
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
10 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-12.7 °C
26 February 1981
Snowiest day
23.9 cm
15 February 2014
Sunniest day
14.0 h
29 May 1940
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 | 4.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 250 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 223 mm | +24 mm |
| Mar | 8.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 194 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 13.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 104 mm | -42 mm |
| May | 17.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 156 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 23.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 207 mm | +16 mm |
| Jul | 28.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 69 mm | -184 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 346 mm | +161 mm |
| Sep | 26.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 245 mm | +15 mm |
| Oct | 19.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 280 mm | +83 mm |
| Nov | 13.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 185 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 9.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 304 mm | +42 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kurobe-shi?
Kurobe-shi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 2,451 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kurobe-shi?
The hottest day measured in Kurobe-shi between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2018, reaching 33.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kurobe-shi?
The coldest day measured in Kurobe-shi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1997, at -4.9 °C.
Does it snow in Kurobe-shi?
Yes. Kurobe-shi gets on average 263.0 cm of snow per year and has around 26 frost days.
Has the climate of Kurobe-shi warmed?
Yes: Kurobe-shi warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kurobe-shi?
The wettest day measured in Kurobe-shi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1964, with 174 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kurobe-shi?
The windiest day measured in Kurobe-shi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1991, with winds reaching 70.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kurobe-shi?
The warmest month in Kurobe-shi is August (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is February (2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kurobe-shi?
Kurobe-shi receives on average 2,451 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 227 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kurobe-shi?
Kurobe-shi gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kurobe-shi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kurobe-shi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2014, with 23.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kurobe-shi?
Yes: Kurobe-shi has on average 80 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kurobe-shi?
In Kurobe-shi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 10 August 2023, and the lowest was -12.7 °C on 26 February 1981.
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