Takanabe climate — normals and trends
Takanabe (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 2,095 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 (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Takanabe averages 2 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Takanabe has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.2 °C (on 7 August 2013) and the coldest -4.2 °C (on 27 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
TakanabeMiyazaki
- coords
- 32.13°, 131.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.1°C
Average daily high
20.3°C
Average daily low
14.2°C
Annual rainfall
2,095mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
12.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
29 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.1 cm
Average feels-like high
21.1 °C
Average feels-like low
14.1 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
108 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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
36.2 °C
7 August 2013
Coldest day
-4.2 °C
27 February 1981
Wettest day
238 mm
18 September 2022
Windiest day
66.9 km/h
30 August 2004
Strongest gust
186.8 km/h
14 October 1951
Hottest feels-like
45.1 °C
30 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-9.8 °C
26 February 1981
Snowiest day
7.4 cm
19 January 1984
Sunniest day
13.8 h
6 June 2025
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 | 11.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 27 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 11.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 60 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 87 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 19.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 117 mm | -46 mm |
| May | 22.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 266 mm | +55 mm |
| Jun | 27.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 224 mm | -111 mm |
| Jul | 29.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 283 mm | +26 mm |
| Aug | 31.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 114 mm | -174 mm |
| Sep | 30.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 272 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 25.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 138 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 19.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 33 mm | -57 mm |
| Dec | 15.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 49 mm | -8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Takanabe?
Takanabe has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 2,095 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Takanabe?
The hottest day measured in Takanabe between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2013, reaching 36.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Takanabe?
The coldest day measured in Takanabe between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1981, at -4.2 °C.
Does it snow in Takanabe?
Yes. Takanabe gets on average 1.1 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Takanabe warmed?
Yes: Takanabe warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Takanabe?
The wettest day measured in Takanabe between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 2022, with 238 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Takanabe?
The windiest day measured in Takanabe between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 2004, with winds reaching 66.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Takanabe?
The warmest month in Takanabe is August (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Takanabe?
Takanabe receives on average 2,095 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Takanabe?
Takanabe gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Takanabe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Takanabe between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1984, with 7.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Takanabe?
Yes: Takanabe has on average 108 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Takanabe?
In Takanabe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.1 °C on 30 July 2024, and the lowest was -9.8 °C on 26 February 1981.
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