Yurihonjō climate — normals and trends
Yurihonjō (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 2,135 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Yurihonjō averages 50 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 224 rainy days per year.
Yurihonjō has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 66 to 34 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 3 August 1978) and the coldest -8.3 °C (on 27 January 2000).
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
YurihonjōAkita
- coords
- 39.39°, 140.06°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.7°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
9.7°C
Annual rainfall
2,135mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
25.4km/h
Seasonal range
23.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
50 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
224 d/yr
Annual snowfall
289.9 cm
Average feels-like high
12.2 °C
Average feels-like low
6.7 °C
Average peak gust
41.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
55 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
33.9 °C
3 August 1978
Coldest day
-8.3 °C
27 January 2000
Wettest day
131 mm
29 August 1968
Windiest day
85.1 km/h
28 September 1991
Strongest gust
138.6 km/h
28 September 1991
Hottest feels-like
41.5 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-16.1 °C
14 January 1967
Snowiest day
21.7 cm
17 January 1960
Sunniest day
14.4 h
17 June 1942
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 | 4.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 254 mm | +33 mm |
| Feb | 3.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 254 mm | +91 mm |
| Mar | 7.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 156 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 12.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 208 mm | +87 mm |
| May | 16.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 173 mm | +54 mm |
| Jun | 22.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 148 mm | +12 mm |
| Jul | 28.2 °C | +4.2 °C | 35 mm | -177 mm |
| Aug | 28.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 302 mm | +111 mm |
| Sep | 25.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 337 mm | +134 mm |
| Oct | 18.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 172 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 12.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 284 mm | +88 mm |
| Dec | 7.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 356 mm | +106 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yurihonjō?
Yurihonjō has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 2,135 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yurihonjō?
The hottest day measured in Yurihonjō between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1978, reaching 33.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yurihonjō?
The coldest day measured in Yurihonjō between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2000, at -8.3 °C.
Does it snow in Yurihonjō?
Yes. Yurihonjō gets on average 289.9 cm of snow per year and has around 50 frost days.
Has the climate of Yurihonjō warmed?
Yes: Yurihonjō warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yurihonjō?
The wettest day measured in Yurihonjō between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1968, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yurihonjō?
The windiest day measured in Yurihonjō between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1991, with winds reaching 85.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yurihonjō?
The warmest month in Yurihonjō is August (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Yurihonjō?
Yurihonjō receives on average 2,135 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 224 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yurihonjō?
Yurihonjō gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yurihonjō?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yurihonjō between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1960, with 21.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yurihonjō?
Yes: Yurihonjō has on average 55 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yurihonjō?
In Yurihonjō, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -16.1 °C on 14 January 1967.
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