Shimo-furano climate — normals and trends
Shimo-furano (Japan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.5 °C and it receives 1,257 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 (19.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Shimo-furano averages 176 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 189 rainy days per year.
Shimo-furano has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 186 to 166 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 25 July 2025) and the coldest -25.3 °C (on 24 December 1945).
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
Shimo-furanoHokkaido
- coords
- 43.35°, 142.38°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.5°C
Average daily high
8.3°C
Average daily low
0.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,257mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
13.9km/h
Seasonal range
29.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
176 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
189 d/yr
Annual snowfall
298.8 cm
Average feels-like high
6.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.1 °C
Average peak gust
38.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
25 July 2025
Coldest day
-25.3 °C
24 December 1945
Wettest day
124 mm
11 September 2001
Windiest day
50.2 km/h
31 January 1970
Strongest gust
131.0 km/h
27 September 1954
Hottest feels-like
39.1 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-30.2 °C
2 January 2021
Snowiest day
37.5 cm
10 March 2015
Sunniest day
15.0 h
11 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 | -3.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 56 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | -2.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 80 mm | +16 mm |
| Mar | 0.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 125 mm | +39 mm |
| Apr | 9.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 135 mm | +42 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 78 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 22.7 °C | +4.9 °C | 115 mm | +22 mm |
| Jul | 27.0 °C | +5.5 °C | 141 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 25.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 149 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 21.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 226 mm | +82 mm |
| Oct | 11.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 88 mm | -30 mm |
| Nov | 4.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 192 mm | +80 mm |
| Dec | -1.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 172 mm | +80 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shimo-furano?
Shimo-furano has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.5 °C and it receives 1,257 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shimo-furano?
The hottest day measured in Shimo-furano between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, reaching 32.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shimo-furano?
The coldest day measured in Shimo-furano between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1945, at -25.3 °C.
Does it snow in Shimo-furano?
Yes. Shimo-furano gets on average 298.8 cm of snow per year and has around 176 frost days.
Has the climate of Shimo-furano warmed?
Yes: Shimo-furano warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shimo-furano?
The wettest day measured in Shimo-furano between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 2001, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shimo-furano?
The windiest day measured in Shimo-furano between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1970, with winds reaching 50.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shimo-furano?
The warmest month in Shimo-furano is August (19.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Shimo-furano?
Shimo-furano receives on average 1,257 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 189 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shimo-furano?
Shimo-furano 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 Shimo-furano?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shimo-furano between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2015, with 37.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shimo-furano?
Yes: Shimo-furano has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shimo-furano?
In Shimo-furano, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 25 July 2025, and the lowest was -30.2 °C on 2 January 2021.
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