Matsusaka climate — normals and trends
Matsusaka (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 1,973 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Matsusaka averages 19 frost days, 37 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Matsusaka has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 40 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.2 °C (on 17 August 2020) and the coldest -7.3 °C (on 23 February 1947).
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
MatsusakaMie
- coords
- 34.58°, 136.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.3°C
Average daily high
19.1°C
Average daily low
11.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,973mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
16.1km/h
Seasonal range
21.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
19 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
37 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.8 cm
Average feels-like high
18.8 °C
Average feels-like low
10.9 °C
Average peak gust
42.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
84 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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
38.2 °C
17 August 2020
Coldest day
-7.3 °C
23 February 1947
Wettest day
245 mm
12 October 2019
Windiest day
78.1 km/h
26 September 1959
Strongest gust
240.5 km/h
26 September 1959
Hottest feels-like
43.5 °C
27 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-12.1 °C
26 February 1981
Snowiest day
29.3 cm
15 February 1968
Sunniest day
14.0 h
3 June 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 | 9.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 36 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 8.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 25 mm | -48 mm |
| Mar | 14.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 87 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 20.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 124 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 22.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 299 mm | +122 mm |
| Jun | 27.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 180 mm | -86 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 96 mm | -151 mm |
| Aug | 33.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 97 mm | -116 mm |
| Sep | 30.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 214 mm | -61 mm |
| Oct | 22.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 319 mm | +94 mm |
| Nov | 16.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 39 mm | -74 mm |
| Dec | 12.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 109 mm | +47 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Matsusaka?
Matsusaka has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 1,973 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Matsusaka?
The hottest day measured in Matsusaka between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2020, reaching 38.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Matsusaka?
The coldest day measured in Matsusaka between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1947, at -7.3 °C.
Does it snow in Matsusaka?
Yes. Matsusaka gets on average 7.8 cm of snow per year and has around 19 frost days.
Has the climate of Matsusaka warmed?
Yes: Matsusaka warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Matsusaka?
The wettest day measured in Matsusaka between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 2019, with 245 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Matsusaka?
The windiest day measured in Matsusaka between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1959, with winds reaching 78.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Matsusaka?
The warmest month in Matsusaka is August (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Matsusaka?
Matsusaka receives on average 1,973 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Matsusaka?
Matsusaka gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Matsusaka?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Matsusaka between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1968, with 29.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Matsusaka?
Yes: Matsusaka has on average 84 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Matsusaka?
In Matsusaka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 27 July 2024, and the lowest was -12.1 °C on 26 February 1981.
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