Yotsutsuji climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Yotsutsuji?

Yotsutsuji has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,779 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Yotsutsuji between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2018, reaching 37.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Yotsutsuji?

The coldest day measured in Yotsutsuji between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1942, at -12.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Yotsutsuji?

Yes. Yotsutsuji gets on average 56.8 cm of snow per year and has around 46 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Yotsutsuji warmed?

Yes: Yotsutsuji warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Yotsutsuji?

The wettest day measured in Yotsutsuji between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1961, with 193 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Yotsutsuji?

The windiest day measured in Yotsutsuji between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1961, with winds reaching 60.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Yotsutsuji?

The warmest month in Yotsutsuji is August (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Yotsutsuji?

Yotsutsuji receives on average 1,779 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 178 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Yotsutsuji?

Yotsutsuji gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Yotsutsuji (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,779 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Yotsutsuji averages 46 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 178 rainy days per year.

Yotsutsuji 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 71 to 21 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 22 August 2018) and the coldest -12.4 °C (on 14 February 1942).

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

YotsutsujiKyoto

coords: 35.53°, 135.10°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

14.4°C

Average daily high

18.3°C

Average daily low

10.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,779mm

Sunshine / day

8.5h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

15.4km/h

Seasonal range

23.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

46 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

38 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

178 d/yr

Annual snowfall

56.8 cm

Average feels-like high

18.0 °C

Average feels-like low

9.6 °C

Average peak gust

39.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

74 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.7 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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

37.9 °C

22 August 2018

Coldest day

-12.4 °C

14 February 1942

Wettest day

193 mm

27 October 1961

Windiest day

60.3 km/h

16 September 1961

Strongest gust

156.2 km/h

30 August 2004

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

21 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

-16.5 °C

14 February 1942

Snowiest day

26.9 cm

12 March 1969

Sunniest day

14.0 h

20 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.7 °C30 July 2025	-5.9 °C20 February 2025	15.7 °C	1,525 mm	81	41
2024	35.9 °C23 August 2024	-2.7 °C17 January 2024	16.4 °C	2,196 mm	71	18
2023	36.6 °C10 August 2023	-5.1 °C26 January 2023	16.4 °C	1,895 mm	68	22
2022	34.9 °C2 July 2022	-5.3 °C23 February 2022	15.6 °C	1,562 mm	54	39
2021	35.0 °C6 August 2021	-4.9 °C10 January 2021	15.8 °C	2,121 mm	35	29
2020	35.4 °C20 August 2020	-3.2 °C21 December 2020	15.9 °C	1,879 mm	46	11
2019	35.1 °C5 August 2019	-2.4 °C10 January 2019	15.8 °C	1,669 mm	46	9
2018	37.9 °C22 August 2018	-6.3 °C6 February 2018	15.8 °C	2,192 mm	59	34
2017	34.8 °C6 August 2017	-5.7 °C26 January 2017	14.9 °C	2,001 mm	41	28
2016	34.8 °C7 August 2016	-5.5 °C26 January 2016	15.9 °C	1,926 mm	45	20
2015	35.3 °C2 August 2015	-3.2 °C2 January 2015	15.5 °C	1,800 mm	33	17
2014	34.7 °C26 July 2014	-2.4 °C7 March 2014	14.9 °C	1,957 mm	26	29
2013	34.3 °C8 July 2013	-6.2 °C4 January 2013	15.2 °C	1,876 mm	53	30
2012	34.9 °C31 July 2012	-6.4 °C19 February 2012	14.7 °C	1,741 mm	53	50
2011	34.5 °C8 August 2011	-7.4 °C31 January 2011	14.9 °C	2,148 mm	53	56
2010	34.7 °C28 August 2010	-2.1 °C18 February 2010	15.5 °C	1,734 mm	61	17
2009	32.8 °C12 August 2009	-5.0 °C16 January 2009	14.9 °C	1,743 mm	23	26
2008	34.2 °C3 August 2008	-4.5 °C17 February 2008	15.0 °C	1,531 mm	43	26
2007	34.5 °C15 August 2007	-4.3 °C3 February 2007	15.3 °C	1,346 mm	37	19
2006	34.4 °C6 August 2006	-6.5 °C10 February 2006	14.8 °C	1,683 mm	43	37
2005	34.1 °C4 August 2005	-6.9 °C14 March 2005	14.8 °C	1,249 mm	47	46
2004	34.1 °C8 July 2004	-5.9 °C28 February 2004	15.7 °C	2,000 mm	49	36
2003	34.6 °C3 August 2003	-3.7 °C6 January 2003	14.8 °C	1,883 mm	29	32
2002	35.0 °C6 August 2002	-6.8 °C16 February 2002	15.0 °C	1,502 mm	48	26
2001	34.6 °C14 August 2001	-9.7 °C12 March 2001	14.8 °C	1,812 mm	42	44
2000	35.4 °C27 August 2000	-8.0 °C29 January 2000	14.9 °C	1,650 mm	59	45
1999	34.1 °C4 August 1999	-7.6 °C5 February 1999	15.0 °C	1,620 mm	36	38
1998	34.1 °C3 July 1998	-4.7 °C25 January 1998	15.7 °C	1,805 mm	33	24
1997	34.0 °C11 August 1997	-4.2 °C22 January 1997	14.7 °C	1,720 mm	36	41
1996	34.2 °C18 July 1996	-6.6 °C27 January 1996	14.0 °C	1,740 mm	37	60
1995	34.5 °C29 July 1995	-9.6 °C28 December 1995	14.2 °C	1,595 mm	40	44
1994	36.8 °C7 August 1994	-5.8 °C19 February 1994	15.7 °C	1,162 mm	61	31
1993	32.9 °C26 August 1993	-3.5 °C15 February 1993	14.3 °C	2,092 mm	9	20
1992	33.5 °C30 July 1992	-3.8 °C25 December 1992	14.8 °C	1,392 mm	38	21
1991	35.6 °C23 July 1991	-6.2 °C26 February 1991	15.0 °C	1,859 mm	34	23
1990	34.8 °C16 August 1990	-6.3 °C27 January 1990	15.7 °C	1,846 mm	59	24
1989	32.7 °C12 August 1989	-3.6 °C4 February 1989	14.8 °C	2,177 mm	31	20
1988	33.2 °C7 August 1988	-5.4 °C9 February 1988	13.9 °C	1,946 mm	21	43
1987	34.0 °C30 July 1987	-7.0 °C28 February 1987	14.8 °C	1,597 mm	35	32
1986	34.8 °C30 July 1986	-7.1 °C7 February 1986	13.8 °C	1,510 mm	34	63
1985	34.1 °C26 July 1985	-6.7 °C31 January 1985	14.4 °C	1,993 mm	54	48
1984	34.5 °C13 August 1984	-7.4 °C12 February 1984	13.7 °C	1,402 mm	47	81
1983	34.0 °C6 August 1983	-6.5 °C28 December 1983	14.5 °C	1,917 mm	38	51
1982	32.2 °C26 August 1982	-6.8 °C2 February 1982	14.4 °C	1,689 mm	21	41
1981	33.9 °C21 August 1981	-6.1 °C28 February 1981	13.6 °C	1,554 mm	36	66
1980	32.8 °C21 July 1980	-6.6 °C23 February 1980	13.6 °C	2,050 mm	8	60
1979	34.2 °C1 August 1979	-4.3 °C16 January 1979	14.8 °C	2,154 mm	33	38
1978	34.7 °C27 July 1978	-8.9 °C17 February 1978	14.8 °C	1,634 mm	62	47
1977	34.8 °C4 August 1977	-7.8 °C17 February 1977	14.4 °C	1,656 mm	33	57
1976	32.7 °C23 August 1976	-6.9 °C29 December 1976	13.8 °C	2,122 mm	28	43
1975	33.9 °C5 August 1975	-6.9 °C19 February 1975	14.5 °C	2,186 mm	48	56
1974	32.3 °C6 August 1974	-9.2 °C27 January 1974	13.8 °C	1,977 mm	28	53
1973	33.7 °C12 August 1973	-4.7 °C25 December 1973	14.3 °C	1,475 mm	48	45
1972	34.3 °C6 August 1972	-3.7 °C2 March 1972	14.5 °C	2,640 mm	35	26
1971	34.7 °C1 August 1971	-8.5 °C2 February 1971	13.9 °C	1,751 mm	31	47
1970	34.1 °C22 July 1970	-9.4 °C20 January 1970	13.7 °C	2,006 mm	39	69
1969	34.4 °C13 August 1969	-5.4 °C16 January 1969	13.8 °C	1,892 mm	39	53
1968	33.3 °C20 July 1968	-8.0 °C21 February 1968	13.7 °C	1,888 mm	24	59
1967	33.3 °C19 July 1967	-9.4 °C17 January 1967	14.0 °C	1,731 mm	44	73
1966	33.2 °C10 August 1966	-7.8 °C25 January 1966	13.3 °C	1,992 mm	32	60
1965	32.6 °C29 July 1965	-7.5 °C6 March 1965	12.7 °C	2,153 mm	21	79
1964	34.4 °C5 August 1964	-5.1 °C16 February 1964	14.9 °C	1,741 mm	50	30
1963	33.6 °C2 August 1963	-7.2 °C23 January 1963	14.0 °C	2,011 mm	43	65
1962	34.8 °C24 July 1962	-5.8 °C26 January 1962	14.3 °C	1,738 mm	46	41
1961	34.6 °C25 August 1961	-7.6 °C20 February 1961	15.1 °C	2,048 mm	62	53
1960	35.0 °C7 August 1960	-6.4 °C27 January 1960	14.7 °C	1,675 mm	41	35
1959	35.6 °C2 August 1959	-4.9 °C20 January 1959	15.2 °C	2,065 mm	50	31
1958	34.6 °C31 July 1958	-7.1 °C4 January 1958	14.6 °C	1,892 mm	35	40
1957	34.2 °C1 August 1957	-6.3 °C9 January 1957	13.9 °C	1,869 mm	26	53
1956	34.4 °C1 August 1956	-8.7 °C3 February 1956	13.8 °C	1,971 mm	41	67
1955	34.8 °C31 July 1955	-7.9 °C28 January 1955	14.6 °C	1,696 mm	45	41
1954	34.6 °C17 August 1954	-5.5 °C31 January 1954	14.5 °C	1,703 mm	39	42
1953	34.3 °C17 August 1953	-8.2 °C23 February 1953	14.2 °C	2,294 mm	28	36
1952	32.4 °C3 August 1952	-8.6 °C19 January 1952	12.9 °C	1,919 mm	20	69
1951	32.6 °C18 August 1951	-7.7 °C6 February 1951	13.1 °C	1,475 mm	31	66
1950	32.1 °C16 August 1950	-6.7 °C14 January 1950	13.5 °C	1,433 mm	23	67
1949	31.1 °C15 August 1949	-4.7 °C17 February 1949	13.0 °C	1,570 mm	16	65
1948	31.2 °C3 September 1948	-7.7 °C3 January 1948	13.6 °C	1,546 mm	11	53
1947	32.9 °C14 August 1947	-10.1 °C19 February 1947	12.1 °C	1,597 mm	30	87
1946	34.1 °C17 July 1946	-7.5 °C12 January 1946	13.4 °C	1,418 mm	32	74
1945	31.8 °C7 August 1945	-9.1 °C11 January 1945	12.5 °C	2,055 mm	18	89
1944	31.9 °C1 September 1944	-9.0 °C9 January 1944	13.0 °C	1,394 mm	10	92
1943	31.4 °C8 August 1943	-8.6 °C22 February 1943	12.6 °C	1,279 mm	14	84
1942	34.0 °C2 August 1942	-12.4 °C14 February 1942	12.9 °C	1,159 mm	31	79
1941	31.6 °C7 August 1941	-10.7 °C12 February 1941	12.8 °C	1,574 mm	12	78
1940	31.9 °C24 July 1940	-9.4 °C25 January 1940	12.5 °C	1,345 mm	14	91

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

20.2 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

+43

Frost days (< 0 °C)

41 d/yr

-5

Annual rainfall

1525 mm

-254 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	7.9 °C	+1.3 °C	62 mm	-29 mm
Feb	6.3 °C	-0.8 °C	76 mm	-14 mm
Mar	12.9 °C	+1.6 °C	138 mm	+23 mm
Apr	18.4 °C	+1.2 °C	79 mm	-47 mm
May	22.6 °C	+0.8 °C	143 mm	-6 mm
Jun	28.1 °C	+3.0 °C	206 mm	-17 mm
Jul	33.3 °C	+4.2 °C	39 mm	-217 mm
Aug	32.5 °C	+2.1 °C	249 mm	+67 mm
Sep	29.2 °C	+3.2 °C	201 mm	-27 mm
Oct	22.3 °C	+1.9 °C	189 mm	+51 mm
Nov	16.1 °C	+1.0 °C	51 mm	-43 mm
Dec	11.3 °C	+1.6 °C	93 mm	+6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.7 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-5.9 °C

20 Feb 2025

Wettest day

115.1 mm

10 Aug 2025

Windiest day

31.1 km/h

19 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

83.5 km/h

17 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-10.6 °C

6 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

4.0 cm

8 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

5 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Yotsutsuji?

Yotsutsuji has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,779 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yotsutsuji?

The hottest day measured in Yotsutsuji between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2018, reaching 37.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Yotsutsuji?

The coldest day measured in Yotsutsuji between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1942, at -12.4 °C.

Does it snow in Yotsutsuji?

Yes. Yotsutsuji gets on average 56.8 cm of snow per year and has around 46 frost days.

Has the climate of Yotsutsuji warmed?

Yes: Yotsutsuji warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Yotsutsuji?

The wettest day measured in Yotsutsuji between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1961, with 193 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Yotsutsuji?

The windiest day measured in Yotsutsuji between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1961, with winds reaching 60.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Yotsutsuji?

The warmest month in Yotsutsuji is August (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Yotsutsuji?

Yotsutsuji receives on average 1,779 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 178 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Yotsutsuji?

Yotsutsuji 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 Yotsutsuji?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yotsutsuji between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1969, with 26.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Yotsutsuji?

Yes: Yotsutsuji has on average 74 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yotsutsuji?

In Yotsutsuji, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 21 August 2023, and the lowest was -16.5 °C on 14 February 1942.

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