Climate averages 1991–2020
Hanamaki weather
in March.
A cold, 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 Hanamaki: daytime highs average 5.7°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a 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 Kitakami (11 km away). In March its highs average 6.2°C, about as warm as Hanamaki, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hanamaki ranks joint 284th of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 59th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Hanamaki is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.4°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 105 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
Hanamaki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 80 | 14.6 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 72 | 13.6 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 5.7°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 104 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 105 | 14.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 109 | 13.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 115 | 12.3 | 14.915 h |
| July | 25.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 169 | 15.9 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 141 | 14.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 147 | 12.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 126 | 12.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.0°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 100 | 14.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.5°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 98 | 16.4 | 9.59 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
- Kitakami in MarchJapan · 11 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Ōshū in MarchJapan · 28 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -1.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Morioka in MarchJapan · 35 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Yokote in MarchJapan · 49 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Ichinoseki in MarchJapan · 52 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Daisen in MarchJapan · 54 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -2.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Tome in MarchJapan · 75 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -0.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Ōsaki in MarchJapan · 89 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -1.3°C · 89 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 Hanamaki) is explained once on the Hanamaki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.