Matsuzaki climate — normals and trends
Matsuzaki (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 2,221 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 January (4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Matsuzaki averages 8 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 203 rainy days per year.
Matsuzaki 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 14 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 14 August 2007) and the coldest -5.3 °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
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- coords
- 35.47°, 133.90°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.5°C
Average daily high
16.3°C
Average daily low
12.8°C
Annual rainfall
2,221mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
23.8km/h
Seasonal range
21.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
8 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
203 d/yr
Annual snowfall
142.3 cm
Average feels-like high
15.5 °C
Average feels-like low
10.7 °C
Average peak gust
39.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
87 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 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
33.0 °C
14 August 2007
Coldest day
-5.3 °C
26 February 1981
Wettest day
170 mm
29 September 2004
Windiest day
90.7 km/h
18 September 1945
Strongest gust
146.9 km/h
18 September 1945
Hottest feels-like
39.5 °C
29 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-15.9 °C
26 February 1981
Snowiest day
21.8 cm
12 February 1994
Sunniest day
14.0 h
18 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 | 6.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 207 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 5.3 °C | -1.1 °C | 243 mm | +65 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 208 mm | +55 mm |
| Apr | 14.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 92 mm | -46 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 154 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 23.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 208 mm | +4 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 59 mm | -161 mm |
| Aug | 28.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 269 mm | +113 mm |
| Sep | 26.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 222 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 20.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 191 mm | +30 mm |
| Nov | 15.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 97 mm | -65 mm |
| Dec | 10.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 203 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Matsuzaki?
Matsuzaki has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 2,221 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Matsuzaki?
The hottest day measured in Matsuzaki between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2007, reaching 33.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Matsuzaki?
The coldest day measured in Matsuzaki between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1981, at -5.3 °C.
Does it snow in Matsuzaki?
Yes. Matsuzaki gets on average 142.3 cm of snow per year and has around 8 frost days.
Has the climate of Matsuzaki warmed?
Yes: Matsuzaki warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Matsuzaki?
The wettest day measured in Matsuzaki between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 2004, with 170 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Matsuzaki?
The windiest day measured in Matsuzaki between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1945, with winds reaching 90.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Matsuzaki?
The warmest month in Matsuzaki is August (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Matsuzaki?
Matsuzaki receives on average 2,221 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 203 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Matsuzaki?
Matsuzaki gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Matsuzaki?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Matsuzaki between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1994, with 21.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Matsuzaki?
Yes: Matsuzaki has on average 87 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Matsuzaki?
In Matsuzaki, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 29 July 2023, and the lowest was -15.9 °C on 26 February 1981.
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