Shingū climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Shingū?

Shingū has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 2,493 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shingū?

The hottest day measured in Shingū between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2020, reaching 35.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Shingū?

The coldest day measured in Shingū between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1981, at -3.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Shingū?

Yes. Shingū gets on average 1.9 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Shingū warmed?

Yes: Shingū warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Shingū?

The wettest day measured in Shingū between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 2017, with 272 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Shingū?

The windiest day measured in Shingū between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1959, with winds reaching 103.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Shingū?

The warmest month in Shingū is August (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Shingū?

Shingū receives on average 2,493 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Shingū?

Shingū gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Shingū (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 2,493 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 (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Shingū averages 3 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.

Shingū has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 7 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 15 August 2020) and the coldest -3.8 °C (on 26 February 1981).

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

ShingūWakayama

coords: 33.73°, 135.98°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

16.2°C

Average daily high

18.9°C

Average daily low

13.8°C

Annual rainfall

2,493mm

Sunshine / day

8.6h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

18.3km/h

Seasonal range

19.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

3 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

12 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

158 d/yr

Annual snowfall

1.9 cm

Average feels-like high

18.8 °C

Average feels-like low

12.8 °C

Average peak gust

38.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

102 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

35.2 °C

15 August 2020

Coldest day

-3.8 °C

26 February 1981

Wettest day

272 mm

22 October 2017

Windiest day

103.4 km/h

26 September 1959

Strongest gust

237.2 km/h

26 September 1959

Hottest feels-like

41.5 °C

16 August 2020

Coldest feels-like

-10.7 °C

26 February 1981

Snowiest day

8.4 cm

15 February 1968

Sunniest day

14.0 h

3 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	32.9 °C5 July 2025	-1.4 °C8 February 2025	17.1 °C	1,922 mm	32	4
2024	35.1 °C16 August 2024	0.7 °C24 January 2024	18.0 °C	2,558 mm	51	0
2023	32.2 °C18 July 2023	-1.7 °C25 January 2023	17.6 °C	2,198 mm	14	2
2022	33.5 °C3 August 2022	0.4 °C17 February 2022	17.3 °C	2,640 mm	24	0
2021	33.5 °C8 August 2021	-0.7 °C9 January 2021	17.4 °C	2,405 mm	13	4
2020	35.2 °C15 August 2020	1.7 °C31 December 2020	17.6 °C	2,655 mm	24	0
2019	31.9 °C21 August 2019	1.9 °C27 January 2019	17.4 °C	2,782 mm	16	0
2018	34.3 °C23 July 2018	-1.3 °C25 January 2018	17.2 °C	2,798 mm	27	5
2017	33.5 °C24 August 2017	-0.5 °C15 January 2017	16.7 °C	2,683 mm	14	1
2016	33.7 °C8 August 2016	-1.6 °C24 January 2016	17.6 °C	2,473 mm	12	2
2015	32.6 °C11 August 2015	0.5 °C9 February 2015	17.1 °C	3,036 mm	17	0
2014	32.4 °C24 July 2014	0.7 °C11 March 2014	16.4 °C	2,489 mm	9	0
2013	33.6 °C1 August 2013	0.4 °C27 January 2013	16.8 °C	2,093 mm	31	0
2012	31.0 °C26 July 2012	-1.4 °C3 February 2012	16.2 °C	2,530 mm	5	2
2011	32.1 °C11 August 2011	-1.4 °C16 January 2011	16.5 °C	3,185 mm	13	3
2010	31.9 °C1 August 2010	0.7 °C14 January 2010	17.1 °C	2,673 mm	25	0
2009	31.5 °C23 August 2009	1.6 °C24 January 2009	16.9 °C	2,692 mm	10	0
2008	32.7 °C19 August 2008	0.2 °C24 February 2008	16.7 °C	2,445 mm	14	0
2007	32.2 °C17 August 2007	1.7 °C7 March 2007	17.1 °C	2,115 mm	11	0
2006	32.6 °C9 August 2006	-1.2 °C4 February 2006	16.8 °C	2,990 mm	14	1
2005	31.9 °C10 August 2005	0.1 °C1 February 2005	16.4 °C	1,883 mm	14	0
2004	33.2 °C20 July 2004	-0.4 °C22 January 2004	17.5 °C	2,862 mm	15	1
2003	31.9 °C23 August 2003	-1.3 °C29 January 2003	16.7 °C	2,782 mm	11	2
2002	32.2 °C1 August 2002	0.3 °C2 January 2002	16.7 °C	2,423 mm	14	0
2001	32.5 °C24 July 2001	-1.2 °C15 January 2001	16.6 °C	2,273 mm	17	2
2000	33.1 °C22 July 2000	-0.7 °C25 February 2000	16.7 °C	2,352 mm	13	1
1999	31.5 °C28 August 1999	-1.9 °C4 February 1999	16.8 °C	2,275 mm	7	3
1998	32.9 °C12 August 1998	-0.3 °C25 January 1998	17.7 °C	3,187 mm	25	1
1997	30.8 °C28 August 1997	-2.6 °C22 January 1997	16.5 °C	2,332 mm	6	4
1996	31.9 °C15 August 1996	-0.5 °C7 February 1996	15.9 °C	2,013 mm	9	3
1995	33.1 °C9 August 1995	-0.5 °C31 January 1995	16.1 °C	1,761 mm	43	1
1994	33.3 °C4 August 1994	-0.2 °C30 January 1994	17.1 °C	2,150 mm	15	1
1993	32.4 °C27 August 1993	1.6 °C2 March 1993	16.1 °C	3,057 mm	3	0
1992	32.1 °C23 July 1992	1.4 °C2 February 1992	16.5 °C	2,835 mm	15	0
1991	34.0 °C24 July 1991	-1.1 °C25 February 1991	16.8 °C	3,000 mm	17	3
1990	33.1 °C19 July 1990	-1.1 °C25 January 1990	16.9 °C	2,492 mm	10	2
1989	30.5 °C9 August 1989	-0.1 °C29 January 1989	16.5 °C	2,679 mm	4	1
1988	31.2 °C11 July 1988	-0.2 °C3 February 1988	15.8 °C	2,376 mm	7	1
1987	31.5 °C26 August 1987	-0.5 °C26 January 1987	16.5 °C	1,868 mm	11	1
1986	32.2 °C3 September 1986	-1.2 °C16 February 1986	15.6 °C	1,728 mm	5	6
1985	31.0 °C2 September 1985	-1.4 °C31 January 1985	16.1 °C	2,240 mm	6	4
1984	31.5 °C5 July 1984	-2.5 °C7 February 1984	15.4 °C	1,824 mm	9	11
1983	32.9 °C26 July 1983	-1.0 °C14 February 1983	16.1 °C	2,404 mm	17	3
1982	29.1 °C23 August 1982	-1.9 °C30 January 1982	15.8 °C	2,752 mm	0	3
1981	30.9 °C22 July 1981	-3.8 °C26 February 1981	15.7 °C	2,011 mm	5	3
1980	30.7 °C27 July 1980	-0.3 °C6 February 1980	15.9 °C	2,661 mm	2	1
1979	31.7 °C30 July 1979	0.9 °C2 February 1979	16.5 °C	2,937 mm	10	0
1978	32.6 °C4 July 1978	-0.5 °C2 February 1978	16.3 °C	1,912 mm	9	3
1977	32.5 °C15 July 1977	-3.2 °C17 February 1977	16.5 °C	2,695 mm	10	7
1976	32.4 °C14 August 1976	-1.1 °C24 January 1976	15.7 °C	2,594 mm	6	5
1975	30.0 °C15 July 1975	-0.1 °C18 February 1975	16.1 °C	3,281 mm	1	1
1974	31.2 °C6 August 1974	-1.7 °C12 February 1974	15.9 °C	3,164 mm	4	5
1973	31.1 °C10 August 1973	-0.4 °C25 February 1973	16.0 °C	2,358 mm	10	1
1972	32.9 °C3 August 1972	1.2 °C2 March 1972	16.3 °C	3,512 mm	10	0
1971	32.4 °C16 July 1971	0.0 °C11 February 1971	16.0 °C	3,137 mm	14	0
1970	31.8 °C21 July 1970	-0.7 °C5 February 1970	15.5 °C	3,137 mm	12	4
1969	34.3 °C13 August 1969	-1.4 °C6 February 1969	15.9 °C	2,494 mm	12	3
1968	30.9 °C22 July 1968	-1.5 °C18 February 1968	15.7 °C	3,075 mm	5	4
1967	33.4 °C25 August 1967	-1.8 °C16 January 1967	16.1 °C	2,697 mm	17	13
1966	30.9 °C30 July 1966	-1.5 °C20 January 1966	15.7 °C	2,995 mm	2	8
1965	31.3 °C13 August 1965	-0.8 °C3 February 1965	15.1 °C	2,340 mm	8	4
1964	32.5 °C5 September 1964	-0.2 °C13 February 1964	16.7 °C	2,332 mm	22	1
1963	31.3 °C18 July 1963	-2.0 °C24 January 1963	15.9 °C	2,423 mm	8	8
1962	31.8 °C19 August 1962	0.4 °C28 January 1962	16.1 °C	2,583 mm	16	0
1961	32.5 °C15 July 1961	-0.4 °C17 January 1961	16.6 °C	2,755 mm	18	5
1960	32.2 °C21 August 1960	-2.3 °C25 January 1960	16.4 °C	2,538 mm	13	4
1959	31.9 °C23 August 1959	-1.6 °C18 January 1959	17.0 °C	3,173 mm	16	4
1958	31.8 °C31 July 1958	-0.8 °C4 January 1958	16.5 °C	2,828 mm	8	3
1957	31.1 °C31 July 1957	-0.5 °C13 March 1957	15.9 °C	2,580 mm	6	1
1956	33.9 °C7 August 1956	-0.9 °C10 January 1956	16.1 °C	2,474 mm	19	2
1955	31.4 °C2 August 1955	-1.0 °C12 February 1955	16.4 °C	2,609 mm	8	4
1954	31.9 °C9 August 1954	-0.5 °C22 February 1954	16.2 °C	2,951 mm	6	1
1953	33.4 °C18 August 1953	-2.2 °C23 February 1953	16.0 °C	2,430 mm	14	3
1952	31.5 °C1 August 1952	-2.0 °C6 February 1952	15.7 °C	2,421 mm	11	5
1951	30.6 °C29 July 1951	-1.7 °C22 January 1951	15.5 °C	2,216 mm	2	5
1950	30.4 °C22 August 1950	-1.5 °C7 January 1950	15.6 °C	3,051 mm	1	4
1949	30.5 °C20 August 1949	0.2 °C17 January 1949	15.2 °C	2,206 mm	2	0
1948	29.7 °C26 July 1948	-0.2 °C24 February 1948	15.9 °C	1,978 mm	0	1
1947	31.3 °C8 August 1947	-2.6 °C16 February 1947	14.6 °C	1,505 mm	12	20
1946	31.9 °C14 July 1946	-0.1 °C11 January 1946	15.6 °C	1,659 mm	7	2
1945	30.6 °C5 September 1945	-2.7 °C4 February 1945	15.0 °C	3,248 mm	2	15
1944	30.3 °C18 July 1944	-1.2 °C16 February 1944	15.4 °C	1,881 mm	3	4
1943	30.2 °C15 August 1943	-1.8 °C13 January 1943	14.9 °C	1,554 mm	1	9
1942	31.0 °C29 July 1942	-2.6 °C13 February 1942	15.3 °C	1,325 mm	8	15
1941	29.3 °C5 July 1941	-2.4 °C1 February 1941	15.4 °C	2,512 mm	0	14
1940	30.8 °C25 July 1940	-2.4 °C8 February 1940	14.7 °C	1,283 mm	1	29

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

20.1 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

32 d/yr

+20

Frost days (< 0 °C)

4 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1922 mm

-571 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	10.0 °C	+0.6 °C	44 mm	-40 mm
Feb	8.8 °C	-1.2 °C	36 mm	-68 mm
Mar	14.9 °C	+1.7 °C	158 mm	-5 mm
Apr	18.8 °C	+1.3 °C	165 mm	-45 mm
May	21.2 °C	+0.3 °C	405 mm	+165 mm
Jun	25.8 °C	+2.2 °C	153 mm	-180 mm
Jul	28.7 °C	+1.3 °C	171 mm	-96 mm
Aug	30.1 °C	+1.8 °C	78 mm	-187 mm
Sep	28.2 °C	+2.4 °C	148 mm	-181 mm
Oct	22.7 °C	+1.3 °C	367 mm	+102 mm
Nov	17.3 °C	+0.4 °C	89 mm	-62 mm
Dec	13.3 °C	+1.4 °C	109 mm	+26 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.9 °C

5 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-1.4 °C

8 Feb 2025

Wettest day

75.4 mm

24 May 2025

Windiest day

37.2 km/h

15 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

80.6 km/h

24 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.7 °C

5 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-8.6 °C

8 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

4 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Shingū?

Shingū has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 2,493 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shingū?

The hottest day measured in Shingū between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2020, reaching 35.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Shingū?

The coldest day measured in Shingū between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1981, at -3.8 °C.

Does it snow in Shingū?

Yes. Shingū gets on average 1.9 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.

Has the climate of Shingū warmed?

Yes: Shingū warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Shingū?

The wettest day measured in Shingū between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 2017, with 272 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Shingū?

The windiest day measured in Shingū between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1959, with winds reaching 103.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Shingū?

The warmest month in Shingū is August (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Shingū?

Shingū receives on average 2,493 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Shingū?

Shingū gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shingū?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shingū between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1968, with 8.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Shingū?

Yes: Shingū has on average 102 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shingū?

In Shingū, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 16 August 2020, and the lowest was -10.7 °C on 26 February 1981.

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