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Mitsuke, Japan
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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Mitsuke

Mitsuke climate by month

Humid subtropical · CfaBest May · Sep–Oct
Annual mean13°day and night
Seasonal swing25°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,161 mm208 wet days a year
37.53° N, 138.93° EElevation 48 mUTC+9 · Japan Standard Time
When to goMitsuke · weather score
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec62October
Best timeMay · Sep–Oct
October: high / low19° / 11°
iSummary

What the weather is like

Mitsuke 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 30° and nights 22°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 4° and lows of -3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 25°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.

About 2,161 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (253 mm, 26 wet days) and April the driest (107 mm, 13 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 38% in August to 55% in January.

Compared with Tokyo, the capital, Mitsuke is 0.6° warmer on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.

Year in figures

Hottest afternoons
30° · August
Coldest nights
-3° · January
Wettest month
December
Driest month
April
Clearest skies
August · 38% cloud
Longest day
14 h 44 min
Shortest day
9 h 36 min
iiCharts

Twelve months at a glance

Temperature and precipitation

Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns

Temperature curve

Average high, low
0°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Daylight

Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each month
101214JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
iiiData table

Climate normals month by month

Climate normals for Mitsuke by month
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high4°4°8°16°21°25°28°30°25°19°13°7°
Average low-3°-3°0°5°11°16°20°22°17°11°5°0°
Precipitation236 mm160 mm147 mm107 mm119 mm151 mm219 mm168 mm183 mm186 mm232 mm253 mm
Wet days (≥1 mm)24.218.714.812.81313.517.814.817.516.818.725.5
Cloud cover55%52%48%43%47%53%50%38%46%42%44%50%
Daylight9h 5110h 4811h 5413h 0814h 1014h 4414h 3113h 3912h 2811h 1710h 119h 36
Month score151618546257464359623417