Tonami climate — normals and trends
Tonami (Japan) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 2,784 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Tonami averages 112 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 237 rainy days per year.
Tonami has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 132 to 92 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 10 August 2023) and the coldest -17.0 °C (on 6 January 1965).
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
TonamiToyama
- coords
- 36.62°, 136.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
15.5°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
2,784mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
10.8km/h
Seasonal range
25.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
112 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
237 d/yr
Annual snowfall
351.6 cm
Average feels-like high
15.3 °C
Average feels-like low
5.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
37 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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
36.1 °C
10 August 2023
Coldest day
-17.0 °C
6 January 1965
Wettest day
197 mm
13 July 1972
Windiest day
50.3 km/h
4 September 2018
Strongest gust
173.5 km/h
4 September 2018
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
1 August 2022
Coldest feels-like
-22.1 °C
6 January 1965
Snowiest day
31.4 cm
31 January 1970
Sunniest day
14.0 h
27 May 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 | 3.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 217 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 2.1 °C | -0.9 °C | 219 mm | +38 mm |
| Mar | 9.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 184 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 164 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 21.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 169 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 250 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 31.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 73 mm | -289 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 323 mm | +71 mm |
| Sep | 27.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 366 mm | +59 mm |
| Oct | 19.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 312 mm | +98 mm |
| Nov | 13.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 159 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 7.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 274 mm | +49 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tonami?
Tonami has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 2,784 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tonami?
The hottest day measured in Tonami between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2023, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tonami?
The coldest day measured in Tonami between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1965, at -17.0 °C.
Does it snow in Tonami?
Yes. Tonami gets on average 351.6 cm of snow per year and has around 112 frost days.
Has the climate of Tonami warmed?
Yes: Tonami warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tonami?
The wettest day measured in Tonami between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1972, with 197 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tonami?
The windiest day measured in Tonami between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 2018, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tonami?
The warmest month in Tonami is August (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Tonami?
Tonami receives on average 2,784 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 237 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tonami?
Tonami 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 Tonami?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tonami between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1970, with 31.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tonami?
Yes: Tonami has on average 37 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tonami?
In Tonami, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 1 August 2022, and the lowest was -22.1 °C on 6 January 1965.
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