Matsue climate — normals and trends
Matsue (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 1,780 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 (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Matsue averages 2 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 182 rainy days per year.
Matsue has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.1 °C (on 11 August 1994) and the coldest -4.7 °C (on 26 February 1981).
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
MatsueShimane
- coords
- 35.48°, 133.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.5°C
Average daily high
17.0°C
Average daily low
14.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,780mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
27.8km/h
Seasonal range
20.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
182 d/yr
Annual snowfall
62.3 cm
Average feels-like high
16.0 °C
Average feels-like low
11.5 °C
Average peak gust
42.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
98 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
33.1 °C
11 August 1994
Coldest day
-4.7 °C
26 February 1981
Wettest day
185 mm
10 August 2025
Windiest day
92.0 km/h
18 September 1945
Strongest gust
150.1 km/h
7 September 2004
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
14 August 2007
Coldest feels-like
-17.1 °C
26 February 1981
Snowiest day
20.2 cm
30 December 1960
Sunniest day
14.0 h
23 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 | 8.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 149 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 6.5 °C | -1.2 °C | 169 mm | +28 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 180 mm | +54 mm |
| Apr | 15.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 90 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 168 mm | +45 mm |
| Jun | 23.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 169 mm | +5 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 37 mm | -155 mm |
| Aug | 29.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 307 mm | +179 mm |
| Sep | 27.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 171 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 21.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 165 mm | +41 mm |
| Nov | 16.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 76 mm | -52 mm |
| Dec | 12.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 156 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Matsue?
Matsue has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 1,780 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Matsue?
The hottest day measured in Matsue between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1994, reaching 33.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Matsue?
The coldest day measured in Matsue between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1981, at -4.7 °C.
Does it snow in Matsue?
Yes. Matsue gets on average 62.3 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Matsue warmed?
Yes: Matsue warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Matsue?
The wettest day measured in Matsue between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2025, with 185 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Matsue?
The windiest day measured in Matsue between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1945, with winds reaching 92.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Matsue?
The warmest month in Matsue is August (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Matsue?
Matsue receives on average 1,780 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 182 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Matsue?
Matsue 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 Matsue?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Matsue between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1960, with 20.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Matsue?
Yes: Matsue has on average 98 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Matsue?
In Matsue, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 14 August 2007, and the lowest was -17.1 °C on 26 February 1981.
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