Misawa climate — normals and trends
Misawa (Japan) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 1,138 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Misawa averages 83 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 151 rainy days per year.
Misawa 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 103 to 63 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.9 °C (on 6 August 2010) and the coldest -10.8 °C (on 9 February 1942).
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
MisawaAomori
- coords
- 40.69°, 141.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
7.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,138mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
25.2km/h
Seasonal range
23.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
83 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
151 d/yr
Annual snowfall
114.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.4 °C
Average feels-like low
4.6 °C
Average peak gust
40.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
34 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
32.9 °C
6 August 2010
Coldest day
-10.8 °C
9 February 1942
Wettest day
153 mm
3 August 2022
Windiest day
76.0 km/h
27 September 1959
Strongest gust
124.9 km/h
27 September 1959
Hottest feels-like
39.6 °C
24 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-18.1 °C
9 February 1942
Snowiest day
39.7 cm
29 March 1966
Sunniest day
14.9 h
10 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 72 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 58 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 7.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 116 mm | +43 mm |
| Apr | 11.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 113 mm | +30 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 99 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 21.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 53 mm | -48 mm |
| Jul | 27.5 °C | +5.2 °C | 58 mm | -82 mm |
| Aug | 28.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 84 mm | -57 mm |
| Sep | 25.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 114 mm | -30 mm |
| Oct | 17.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 76 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 11.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 145 mm | +79 mm |
| Dec | 6.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 112 mm | +43 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Misawa?
Misawa has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 1,138 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Misawa?
The hottest day measured in Misawa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2010, reaching 32.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Misawa?
The coldest day measured in Misawa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1942, at -10.8 °C.
Does it snow in Misawa?
Yes. Misawa gets on average 114.0 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.
Has the climate of Misawa warmed?
Yes: Misawa warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Misawa?
The wettest day measured in Misawa between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2022, with 153 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Misawa?
The windiest day measured in Misawa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 1959, with winds reaching 76.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Misawa?
The warmest month in Misawa is August (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Misawa?
Misawa receives on average 1,138 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Misawa?
Misawa gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Misawa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Misawa between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1966, with 39.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Misawa?
Yes: Misawa has on average 34 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Misawa?
In Misawa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 24 August 2023, and the lowest was -18.1 °C on 9 February 1942.
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