Minamishibetsuchō climate — normals and trends
Minamishibetsuchō (Japan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 1,400 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 (19.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Minamishibetsuchō averages 169 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 201 rainy days per year.
Minamishibetsuchō has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 179 to 159 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 1 August 2000) and the coldest -28.5 °C (on 25 January 1985).
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
MinamishibetsuchōHokkaido
- coords
- 44.15°, 142.37°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.2°C
Average daily high
9.1°C
Average daily low
1.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,400mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
15.6km/h
Seasonal range
28.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
169 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
201 d/yr
Annual snowfall
322.0 cm
Average feels-like high
6.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.6 °C
Average peak gust
39.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
5 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
32.1 °C
1 August 2000
Coldest day
-28.5 °C
25 January 1985
Wettest day
201 mm
23 August 1975
Windiest day
53.7 km/h
27 September 1954
Strongest gust
138.2 km/h
27 September 1954
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-33.2 °C
25 January 1985
Snowiest day
34.4 cm
17 December 2014
Sunniest day
15.0 h
29 June 1941
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 | -3.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 61 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | -1.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 67 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 1.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 113 mm | +30 mm |
| Apr | 10.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 142 mm | +53 mm |
| May | 17.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 88 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 22.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 145 mm | +44 mm |
| Jul | 27.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 146 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 25.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 238 mm | +53 mm |
| Sep | 22.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 196 mm | +31 mm |
| Oct | 12.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 138 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 4.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 179 mm | +39 mm |
| Dec | -1.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 170 mm | +59 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Minamishibetsuchō?
Minamishibetsuchō has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 1,400 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Minamishibetsuchō?
The hottest day measured in Minamishibetsuchō between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2000, reaching 32.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Minamishibetsuchō?
The coldest day measured in Minamishibetsuchō between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1985, at -28.5 °C.
Does it snow in Minamishibetsuchō?
Yes. Minamishibetsuchō gets on average 322.0 cm of snow per year and has around 169 frost days.
Has the climate of Minamishibetsuchō warmed?
Yes: Minamishibetsuchō warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Minamishibetsuchō?
The wettest day measured in Minamishibetsuchō between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1975, with 201 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Minamishibetsuchō?
The windiest day measured in Minamishibetsuchō between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 1954, with winds reaching 53.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Minamishibetsuchō?
The warmest month in Minamishibetsuchō is August (19.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Minamishibetsuchō?
Minamishibetsuchō receives on average 1,400 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 201 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Minamishibetsuchō?
Minamishibetsuchō gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Minamishibetsuchō?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Minamishibetsuchō between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2014, with 34.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Minamishibetsuchō?
Yes: Minamishibetsuchō has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Minamishibetsuchō?
In Minamishibetsuchō, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -33.2 °C on 25 January 1985.
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