Climate averages 1991–2020
Daisen weather
in February.
A cold month with heavy precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Daisen: daytime highs average 1.8°C and nights cool to about -5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of precipitation on roughly 17 days, which makes February a month with heavy precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yokote (15 km away). In February its highs average 1.7°C, about as warm as Daisen, with 95 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Daisen ranks joint 284th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 239th of 303 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Daisen is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 5.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 91 mm to 115 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Daisen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.8°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 111 | 21.1 | 9.710 h |
| February, selected | 1.8°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 91 | 17.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.7°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 115 | 17.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.2°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 112 | 15.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 121 | 13.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 131 | 12.8 | 14.915 h |
| July | 25.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 206 | 17.0 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 173 | 16.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.3°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 152 | 14.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 141 | 14.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 129 | 17.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.7°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 130 | 21.0 | 9.49 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Yokote in FebruaryJapan · 15 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.8°C · 95 mm precipitation
- Yurihonjō in FebruaryJapan · 38 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -2.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Akita in FebruaryJapan · 44 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -2.6°C · 123 mm rain
- Hanamaki in FebruaryJapan · 54 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 72 mm precipitation
- Kitakami in FebruaryJapan · 57 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -6.5°C · 64 mm precipitation
- Morioka in FebruaryJapan · 64 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -7.3°C · 61 mm precipitation
- Ōshū in FebruaryJapan · 67 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Sakata in FebruaryJapan · 80 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -2.0°C · 131 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Daisen) is explained once on the Daisen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.