Makurazaki climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Makurazaki?

Makurazaki has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 2,092 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Makurazaki between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2016, reaching 35.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Makurazaki?

The coldest day measured in Makurazaki between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1984, at 0.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Makurazaki?

Almost never: Makurazaki sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Makurazaki warmed?

Yes: Makurazaki warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Makurazaki?

The wettest day measured in Makurazaki between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 1976, with 221 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Makurazaki?

The windiest day measured in Makurazaki between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 2004, with winds reaching 85.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Makurazaki?

The warmest month in Makurazaki is August (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Makurazaki?

Makurazaki receives on average 2,092 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Makurazaki?

Makurazaki gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Makurazaki (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 2,092 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 (27.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Makurazaki averages 0 frost days, 39 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 162 rainy days per year.

Makurazaki has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.0 °C (on 22 August 2016) and the coldest 0.1 °C (on 4 February 1984).

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

MakurazakiKagoshima

coords: 31.27°, 130.32°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

18.8°C

Average daily high

21.5°C

Average daily low

16.4°C

Annual rainfall

2,092mm

Sunshine / day

8.2h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

22.7km/h

Seasonal range

17.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

39 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

162 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.2 cm

Average feels-like high

21.7 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

42.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

131 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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

35.0 °C

22 August 2016

Coldest day

0.1 °C

4 February 1984

Wettest day

221 mm

12 September 1976

Windiest day

85.8 km/h

7 September 2004

Strongest gust

174.2 km/h

7 September 2004

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

4 August 2024

Coldest feels-like

-7.6 °C

26 February 1981

Snowiest day

2.2 cm

7 February 1984

Sunniest day

13.6 h

9 June 1945

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.7 °C8 July 2025	2.4 °C9 February 2025	19.8 °C	1,831 mm	89
2024	34.9 °C10 August 2024	4.8 °C24 January 2024	20.7 °C	2,573 mm	80
2023	32.8 °C4 September 2023	1.3 °C25 January 2023	20.1 °C	2,295 mm	71
2022	33.5 °C30 August 2022	4.1 °C19 January 2022	19.8 °C	2,200 mm	74
2021	33.7 °C5 August 2021	0.9 °C9 January 2021	19.9 °C	2,352 mm	55
2020	33.9 °C18 August 2020	4.2 °C31 December 2020	19.7 °C	2,698 mm	41
2019	33.4 °C12 August 2019	3.9 °C27 January 2019	19.9 °C	2,058 mm	48
2018	33.1 °C14 August 2018	1.1 °C27 January 2018	19.6 °C	2,457 mm	59
2017	33.8 °C31 July 2017	2.2 °C25 January 2017	19.3 °C	2,323 mm	63
2016	35.0 °C22 August 2016	0.5 °C25 January 2016	20.1 °C	2,750 mm	67
2015	33.1 °C6 August 2015	3.5 °C18 January 2015	19.4 °C	3,015 mm	30
2014	32.3 °C26 July 2014	3.4 °C19 December 2014	19.1 °C	2,543 mm	24
2013	34.5 °C20 August 2013	3.1 °C4 January 2013	19.7 °C	1,596 mm	74
2012	32.0 °C25 August 2012	1.9 °C3 February 2012	18.9 °C	2,712 mm	38
2011	33.9 °C1 September 2011	1.8 °C16 January 2011	19.1 °C	2,230 mm	53
2010	32.3 °C19 August 2010	2.5 °C31 December 2010	19.5 °C	2,388 mm	51
2009	33.3 °C6 September 2009	3.4 °C24 January 2009	19.6 °C	1,761 mm	57
2008	33.2 °C1 August 2008	2.5 °C18 February 2008	19.3 °C	2,171 mm	43
2007	32.7 °C30 July 2007	2.6 °C3 February 2007	20.0 °C	1,819 mm	71
2006	33.2 °C16 August 2006	3.6 °C4 February 2006	19.7 °C	1,943 mm	60
2005	32.6 °C24 July 2005	1.8 °C6 March 2005	19.0 °C	1,793 mm	48
2004	33.2 °C27 August 2004	2.4 °C22 January 2004	19.7 °C	2,133 mm	51
2003	32.2 °C4 September 2003	3.6 °C25 January 2003	19.6 °C	2,156 mm	45
2002	32.1 °C17 August 2002	4.6 °C28 December 2002	19.5 °C	2,117 mm	38
2001	32.9 °C16 August 2001	2.0 °C17 February 2001	19.5 °C	2,222 mm	55
2000	32.2 °C20 July 2000	3.3 °C1 February 2000	19.3 °C	1,996 mm	37
1999	30.9 °C19 September 1999	1.8 °C4 February 1999	19.3 °C	2,230 mm	17
1998	33.1 °C12 August 1998	2.7 °C25 January 1998	20.3 °C	2,554 mm	64
1997	32.5 °C1 September 1997	1.5 °C23 January 1997	19.2 °C	1,951 mm	31
1996	33.2 °C9 August 1996	1.4 °C11 February 1996	18.9 °C	1,873 mm	45
1995	32.5 °C23 August 1995	2.0 °C31 January 1995	18.6 °C	1,972 mm	50
1994	33.9 °C6 August 1994	3.3 °C20 January 1994	19.7 °C	1,645 mm	70
1993	30.9 °C8 August 1993	3.0 °C25 February 1993	18.7 °C	3,015 mm	16
1992	31.9 °C3 August 1992	3.2 °C2 February 1992	19.0 °C	2,099 mm	37
1991	32.9 °C18 August 1991	1.6 °C22 February 1991	19.1 °C	2,384 mm	44
1990	32.6 °C30 July 1990	0.6 °C24 January 1990	19.4 °C	2,614 mm	59
1989	31.6 °C13 August 1989	2.9 °C29 January 1989	19.2 °C	1,953 mm	33
1988	32.2 °C9 August 1988	3.4 °C4 March 1988	18.8 °C	1,755 mm	29
1987	32.1 °C29 August 1987	3.0 °C28 February 1987	19.0 °C	2,395 mm	33
1986	33.2 °C17 August 1986	1.6 °C25 February 1986	18.5 °C	1,499 mm	43
1985	32.4 °C29 August 1985	0.3 °C15 January 1985	18.9 °C	1,931 mm	44
1984	33.1 °C9 August 1984	0.1 °C4 February 1984	18.4 °C	1,744 mm	42
1983	33.3 °C4 August 1983	1.1 °C23 January 1983	18.9 °C	2,528 mm	36
1982	31.1 °C31 July 1982	1.0 °C30 January 1982	18.7 °C	2,189 mm	17
1981	32.7 °C19 August 1981	0.3 °C26 February 1981	18.5 °C	1,651 mm	43
1980	31.7 °C26 July 1980	2.0 °C8 January 1980	18.5 °C	2,393 mm	22
1979	32.3 °C10 August 1979	3.9 °C1 March 1979	18.6 °C	2,175 mm	30
1978	32.3 °C21 July 1978	1.9 °C17 February 1978	18.8 °C	1,753 mm	42
1977	32.3 °C8 August 1977	0.3 °C18 February 1977	18.9 °C	1,933 mm	38
1976	31.7 °C20 August 1976	0.4 °C24 January 1976	18.2 °C	2,653 mm	22
1975	32.0 °C20 August 1975	2.3 °C21 February 1975	18.7 °C	2,444 mm	28
1974	32.6 °C16 August 1974	0.8 °C28 February 1974	18.3 °C	2,024 mm	23
1973	31.7 °C13 August 1973	2.6 °C25 December 1973	18.6 °C	2,107 mm	30
1972	31.0 °C18 July 1972	3.3 °C1 March 1972	18.8 °C	2,544 mm	20
1971	32.9 °C1 August 1971	1.7 °C4 February 1971	18.6 °C	2,276 mm	39
1970	32.0 °C8 August 1970	1.3 °C18 January 1970	18.2 °C	2,420 mm	34
1969	33.0 °C11 August 1969	1.5 °C16 January 1969	18.5 °C	2,193 mm	38
1968	32.1 °C25 July 1968	1.5 °C12 February 1968	18.2 °C	2,423 mm	28
1967	33.4 °C17 August 1967	0.8 °C16 January 1967	18.7 °C	1,763 mm	56
1966	33.0 °C8 August 1966	1.7 °C6 February 1966	18.5 °C	2,228 mm	28
1965	31.1 °C20 August 1965	2.1 °C4 February 1965	17.7 °C	2,056 mm	14
1964	32.3 °C15 August 1964	2.6 °C3 February 1964	19.2 °C	2,302 mm	52
1963	31.8 °C21 July 1963	1.5 °C22 January 1963	18.4 °C	1,723 mm	35
1962	32.1 °C26 July 1962	2.7 °C27 January 1962	18.3 °C	2,146 mm	31
1961	32.5 °C19 July 1961	1.7 °C13 January 1961	19.1 °C	2,153 mm	65
1960	33.0 °C3 August 1960	0.6 °C25 January 1960	18.9 °C	1,713 mm	49
1959	32.1 °C3 August 1959	1.6 °C7 January 1959	18.9 °C	2,350 mm	39
1958	33.5 °C21 July 1958	1.8 °C4 January 1958	19.0 °C	1,646 mm	62
1957	31.4 °C17 August 1957	1.6 °C15 March 1957	18.2 °C	2,254 mm	21
1956	32.9 °C30 July 1956	1.5 °C23 February 1956	18.2 °C	1,827 mm	42
1955	32.2 °C11 August 1955	1.4 °C12 February 1955	18.7 °C	2,106 mm	35
1954	32.4 °C11 August 1954	2.8 °C27 January 1954	18.9 °C	2,206 mm	30
1953	32.7 °C23 August 1953	2.4 °C17 January 1953	18.7 °C	2,027 mm	42
1952	31.6 °C3 August 1952	1.0 °C6 February 1952	18.5 °C	2,159 mm	17
1951	32.9 °C16 August 1951	1.3 °C14 January 1951	18.3 °C	2,041 mm	19
1950	30.4 °C11 September 1950	3.1 °C28 February 1950	18.3 °C	1,706 mm	4
1949	29.7 °C9 August 1949	3.3 °C9 January 1949	18.1 °C	2,165 mm	0
1948	30.4 °C14 August 1948	2.7 °C30 January 1948	18.6 °C	1,834 mm	4
1947	31.0 °C12 August 1947	2.1 °C16 February 1947	17.4 °C	1,316 mm	18
1946	33.2 °C26 July 1946	3.0 °C4 February 1946	18.5 °C	1,386 mm	15
1945	30.8 °C24 August 1945	2.4 °C17 January 1945	17.9 °C	2,164 mm	14
1944	30.5 °C16 August 1944	2.5 °C16 February 1944	18.1 °C	1,518 mm	9
1943	30.6 °C15 August 1943	2.2 °C1 February 1943	17.7 °C	1,188 mm	2
1942	33.5 °C5 August 1942	0.7 °C13 February 1942	18.1 °C	1,549 mm	46
1941	30.7 °C19 August 1941	1.1 °C1 February 1941	18.0 °C	1,579 mm	6
1940	30.7 °C28 July 1940	2.9 °C26 January 1940	17.5 °C	1,305 mm	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.6 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

89 d/yr

+50

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1831 mm

-261 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	12.9 °C	+0.4 °C	61 mm	-27 mm
Feb	12.0 °C	-1.3 °C	89 mm	-18 mm
Mar	17.3 °C	+1.1 °C	140 mm	-11 mm
Apr	20.4 °C	+0.3 °C	148 mm	-35 mm
May	23.4 °C	+0.1 °C	332 mm	+104 mm
Jun	28.1 °C	+2.3 °C	249 mm	-152 mm
Jul	30.8 °C	+1.5 °C	146 mm	-86 mm
Aug	31.3 °C	+1.0 °C	204 mm	+26 mm
Sep	30.6 °C	+2.3 °C	146 mm	-59 mm
Oct	27.2 °C	+3.0 °C	179 mm	+54 mm
Nov	20.3 °C	+0.7 °C	61 mm	-45 mm
Dec	16.6 °C	+1.9 °C	75 mm	-11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.7 °C

8 Jul 2025

Coldest day

2.4 °C

9 Feb 2025

Wettest day

89.7 mm

21 May 2025

Windiest day

49.1 km/h

13 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

89.3 km/h

14 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.1 °C

2 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-4.9 °C

8 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

0.2 cm

8 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

5 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Makurazaki?

Makurazaki has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 2,092 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Makurazaki?

The hottest day measured in Makurazaki between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2016, reaching 35.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Makurazaki?

The coldest day measured in Makurazaki between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1984, at 0.1 °C.

Does it snow in Makurazaki?

Almost never: Makurazaki sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Makurazaki warmed?

Yes: Makurazaki warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Makurazaki?

The wettest day measured in Makurazaki between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 1976, with 221 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Makurazaki?

The windiest day measured in Makurazaki between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 2004, with winds reaching 85.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Makurazaki?

The warmest month in Makurazaki is August (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Makurazaki?

Makurazaki receives on average 2,092 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Makurazaki?

Makurazaki 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 Makurazaki?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Makurazaki between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1984, with 2.2 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Makurazaki?

Yes: Makurazaki has on average 131 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Makurazaki?

In Makurazaki, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 4 August 2024, and the lowest was -7.6 °C on 26 February 1981.

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