Yokote climate — normals and trends
Yokote (Japan) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 1,671 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yokote averages 121 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 214 rainy days per year.
Yokote has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 141 to 101 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 3 August 2025) and the coldest -19.3 °C (on 7 January 1941).
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
YokoteAkita
- coords
- 39.32°, 140.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.7°C
Average daily high
13.5°C
Average daily low
6.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,671mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
25.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
121 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
214 d/yr
Annual snowfall
252.0 cm
Average feels-like high
12.2 °C
Average feels-like low
4.2 °C
Average peak gust
40.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
29 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °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
34.7 °C
3 August 2025
Coldest day
-19.3 °C
7 January 1941
Wettest day
126 mm
12 August 1971
Windiest day
45.3 km/h
4 April 2012
Strongest gust
122.8 km/h
23 August 1981
Hottest feels-like
41.4 °C
23 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-24.0 °C
7 January 1941
Snowiest day
32.1 cm
29 March 1966
Sunniest day
14.5 h
12 June 1982
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 120 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 1.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 100 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 6.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 120 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 13.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 170 mm | +55 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 155 mm | +36 mm |
| Jun | 25.5 °C | +3.8 °C | 142 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 30.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 55 mm | -148 mm |
| Aug | 29.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 207 mm | +27 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 235 mm | +58 mm |
| Oct | 17.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 154 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 164 mm | +36 mm |
| Dec | 4.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 166 mm | +30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yokote?
Yokote has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 1,671 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yokote?
The hottest day measured in Yokote between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2025, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yokote?
The coldest day measured in Yokote between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1941, at -19.3 °C.
Does it snow in Yokote?
Yes. Yokote gets on average 252.0 cm of snow per year and has around 121 frost days.
Has the climate of Yokote warmed?
Yes: Yokote warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yokote?
The wettest day measured in Yokote between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1971, with 126 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yokote?
The windiest day measured in Yokote between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 2012, with winds reaching 45.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yokote?
The warmest month in Yokote is August (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Yokote?
Yokote receives on average 1,671 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 214 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yokote?
Yokote gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yokote?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yokote between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1966, with 32.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yokote?
Yes: Yokote has on average 29 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yokote?
In Yokote, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 23 August 2018, and the lowest was -24.0 °C on 7 January 1941.
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