Ōdate climate — normals and trends
Ōdate (Japan) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 1,515 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Ōdate averages 128 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 197 rainy days per year.
Ōdate has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 147 to 109 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 10 August 1999) and the coldest -19.5 °C (on 7 January 1941).
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
ŌdateAkita
- coords
- 40.27°, 140.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,515mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
25.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
128 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
197 d/yr
Annual snowfall
219.6 cm
Average feels-like high
11.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
41.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
35.5 °C
10 August 1999
Coldest day
-19.5 °C
7 January 1941
Wettest day
139 mm
7 July 1975
Windiest day
47.8 km/h
26 September 1954
Strongest gust
146.5 km/h
28 September 1991
Hottest feels-like
41.0 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-23.8 °C
7 January 1941
Snowiest day
41.0 cm
29 March 1966
Sunniest day
14.7 h
14 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 91 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 1.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 79 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 5.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 121 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 152 mm | +41 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 134 mm | +27 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 99 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 29.6 °C | +4.9 °C | 53 mm | -139 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 202 mm | +23 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 189 mm | +24 mm |
| Oct | 16.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 79 mm | -45 mm |
| Nov | 9.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 178 mm | +61 mm |
| Dec | 3.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 175 mm | +58 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ōdate?
Ōdate has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 1,515 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ōdate?
The hottest day measured in Ōdate between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1999, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ōdate?
The coldest day measured in Ōdate between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1941, at -19.5 °C.
Does it snow in Ōdate?
Yes. Ōdate gets on average 219.6 cm of snow per year and has around 128 frost days.
Has the climate of Ōdate warmed?
Yes: Ōdate warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ōdate?
The wettest day measured in Ōdate between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1975, with 139 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ōdate?
The windiest day measured in Ōdate between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1954, with winds reaching 47.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ōdate?
The warmest month in Ōdate is August (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Ōdate?
Ōdate receives on average 1,515 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 197 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ōdate?
Ōdate gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ōdate?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ōdate between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1966, with 41.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ōdate?
Yes: Ōdate has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ōdate?
In Ōdate, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -23.8 °C on 7 January 1941.
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