Munakata climate — normals and trends
Munakata (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,553 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 (27.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Munakata averages 9 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Munakata 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 16 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.2 °C (on 25 August 2020) and the coldest -6.8 °C (on 5 February 1940).
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
MunakataFukuoka
- coords
- 33.80°, 130.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.5°C
Average daily high
20.1°C
Average daily low
13.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,553mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
22.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
9 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
48 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.6 cm
Average feels-like high
20.0 °C
Average feels-like low
12.4 °C
Average peak gust
38.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
96 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · 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
25 August 2020
Coldest day
-6.8 °C
5 February 1940
Wettest day
181 mm
24 June 2012
Windiest day
59.7 km/h
10 September 1956
Strongest gust
169.2 km/h
31 August 1987
Hottest feels-like
44.2 °C
12 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-13.0 °C
16 February 1977
Snowiest day
22.8 cm
15 February 1968
Sunniest day
13.8 h
19 June 1961
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 28 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | 8.1 °C | -1.8 °C | 45 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 14.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 119 mm | +23 mm |
| Apr | 20.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 49 mm | -74 mm |
| May | 22.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 216 mm | +77 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 309 mm | +59 mm |
| Jul | 33.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 118 mm | -131 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 223 mm | +64 mm |
| Sep | 30.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 185 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | 25.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 63 mm | -28 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 24 mm | -52 mm |
| Dec | 13.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 49 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Munakata?
Munakata has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,553 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Munakata?
The hottest day measured in Munakata between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2020, reaching 38.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Munakata?
The coldest day measured in Munakata between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1940, at -6.8 °C.
Does it snow in Munakata?
Yes. Munakata gets on average 8.6 cm of snow per year and has around 9 frost days.
Has the climate of Munakata warmed?
Yes: Munakata warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Munakata?
The wettest day measured in Munakata between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 2012, with 181 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Munakata?
The windiest day measured in Munakata between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1956, with winds reaching 59.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Munakata?
The warmest month in Munakata is August (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Munakata?
Munakata receives on average 1,553 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Munakata?
Munakata gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Munakata?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Munakata between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1968, with 22.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Munakata?
Yes: Munakata has on average 96 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Munakata?
In Munakata, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 12 August 2018, and the lowest was -13.0 °C on 16 February 1977.
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