Climate averages 1991–2020
Hachinohe weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Hachinohe: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about -2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aomori (74 km away). In March its highs average 4.7°C, 1.7°C cooler than Hachinohe, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hachinohe ranks 278th of 303 for the warmest March highs and 13th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Hachinohe is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Hachinohe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 46 | 7.4 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.9°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 48 | 7.5 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 6.4°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 72 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 78 | 11.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 88 | 11.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 21.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 91 | 10.7 | 15.015 h |
| July | 24.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 132 | 13.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 132 | 13.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 127 | 11.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 102 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 54 | 9.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.9°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 50 | 8.0 | 9.39 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
March in nearby cities
- Aomori in MarchJapan · 74 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Hirosaki in MarchJapan · 87 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -3.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Morioka in MarchJapan · 94 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Hanamaki in MarchJapan · 128 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -3.0°C · 104 mm rain
- Kitakami in MarchJapan · 139 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Daisen in MarchJapan · 146 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -2.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Akita in MarchJapan · 146 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 0.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Ōshū in MarchJapan · 154 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -1.8°C · 92 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 Hachinohe) is explained once on the Hachinohe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.