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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Hinode
Hinode climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest Apr · Oct–Nov
Annual mean13°day and night
Seasonal swing23°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,460 mm142 wet days a year
35.75° N, 139.23° EElevation 321 mUTC+9 · Japan Standard Time
When to goHinode · weather score
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
October: high / low19° / 12°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Hinode has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 28° and nights 22°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 7° and lows of -3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 23°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 1,460 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (169 mm, 22 wet days) and January the driest (44 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 25% in December to 66% in June.
Compared with Tokyo, the capital, Hinode is 1.2° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · August
- Coldest nights
- -3° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 25% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 34 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 45 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 7° | 7° | 11° | 17° | 21° | 23° | 27° | 28° | 24° | 19° | 14° | 10° |
| Average low | -3° | -2° | 2° | 7° | 12° | 17° | 21° | 22° | 18° | 12° | 6° | 1° |
| Precipitation | 44 mm | 46 mm | 89 mm | 106 mm | 124 mm | 159 mm | 169 mm | 213 mm | 220 mm | 174 mm | 73 mm | 43 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.2 | 5 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 15 | 15.7 | 21.5 | 19.2 | 18 | 12 | 5.5 | 4.3 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 33% | 43% | 47% | 54% | 66% | 59% | 47% | 53% | 45% | 36% | 25% |
| Daylight | 9h 59 | 10h 53 | 11h 55 | 13h 04 | 14h 02 | 14h 34 | 14h 22 | 13h 33 | 12h 27 | 11h 20 | 10h 18 | 9h 45 |
| Month score | 48 | 45 | 32 | 58 | 57 | 52 | 47 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 65 | 48 |
ivMonth by month
Hinode in every month
January48
7° / -3°
44 mm · 4.2 wet days
February45
7° / -2°
46 mm · 5 wet days
March32
11° / 2°
89 mm · 10.2 wet days
April58
17° / 7°
106 mm · 11.3 wet days
May57
21° / 12°
124 mm · 15 wet days
June52
23° / 17°
159 mm · 15.7 wet days
July47
27° / 21°
169 mm · 21.5 wet days
August46
28° / 22°
213 mm · 19.2 wet days
September57
24° / 18°
220 mm · 18 wet days
October65
19° / 12°
174 mm · 12 wet days
November65
14° / 6°
73 mm · 5.5 wet days
December48
10° / 1°
43 mm · 4.3 wet days