Tamaru climate — normals and trends
Tamaru (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,807 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 (27.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Tamaru averages 1 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Tamaru 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 3 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 17 August 2020) and the coldest -2.9 °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
TamaruMie
- coords
- 34.48°, 136.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.5°C
Average daily high
19.4°C
Average daily low
13.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,807mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
21.7km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
29 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.3 cm
Average feels-like high
19.1 °C
Average feels-like low
12.4 °C
Average peak gust
43.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
102 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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
37.7 °C
17 August 2020
Coldest day
-2.9 °C
27 February 1981
Wettest day
257 mm
12 October 2019
Windiest day
101.8 km/h
26 September 1959
Strongest gust
229.7 km/h
26 September 1959
Hottest feels-like
43.3 °C
27 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-10.7 °C
26 February 1981
Snowiest day
17.0 cm
15 February 1968
Sunniest day
14.0 h
3 June 1940
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 | 10.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 36 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 9.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 25 mm | -48 mm |
| Mar | 14.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 83 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 19.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 120 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 283 mm | +115 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 170 mm | -72 mm |
| Jul | 30.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 98 mm | -106 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 67 mm | -107 mm |
| Sep | 29.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 219 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 22.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 298 mm | +81 mm |
| Nov | 17.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 30 mm | -80 mm |
| Dec | 13.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 119 mm | +57 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tamaru?
Tamaru has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,807 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tamaru?
The hottest day measured in Tamaru between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2020, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tamaru?
The coldest day measured in Tamaru between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1981, at -2.9 °C.
Does it snow in Tamaru?
Yes. Tamaru gets on average 2.3 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Tamaru warmed?
Yes: Tamaru warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tamaru?
The wettest day measured in Tamaru between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 2019, with 257 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tamaru?
The windiest day measured in Tamaru between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1959, with winds reaching 101.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tamaru?
The warmest month in Tamaru is August (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Tamaru?
Tamaru receives on average 1,807 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tamaru?
Tamaru gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tamaru?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tamaru between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1968, with 17.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tamaru?
Yes: Tamaru has on average 102 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tamaru?
In Tamaru, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 27 July 2024, and the lowest was -10.7 °C on 26 February 1981.
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