Climate averages 1991–2020
Hirosaki weather
in February.
A cold month with moderate 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 Hirosaki: daytime highs average 0.7°C and nights cool to about -6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of precipitation on roughly 16 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 38 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aomori (33 km away). In February its highs average 0.8°C, about as warm as Hirosaki, with 66 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hirosaki ranks 289th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 204th of 303 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Hirosaki is 7.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 4.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 81 mm to 101 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
Hirosaki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 82 | 17.0 | 9.610 h |
| February, selected | 0.7°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 81 | 15.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 4.4°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 101 | 16.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 98 | 13.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 104 | 13.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 22.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 109 | 13.1 | 15.015 h |
| July | 25.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 163 | 16.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 176 | 16.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 154 | 14.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 129 | 13.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.2°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 112 | 16.2 | 10.010 h |
| December | 2.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 106 | 18.0 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Aomori in FebruaryJapan · 33 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -5.9°C · 66 mm precipitation
- Hachinohe in FebruaryJapan · 87 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.8°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Akita in FebruaryJapan · 102 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -2.6°C · 123 mm rain
- Morioka in FebruaryJapan · 115 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -7.3°C · 61 mm precipitation
- Daisen in FebruaryJapan · 128 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -5.6°C · 91 mm precipitation
- Hakodate in FebruaryJapan · 133 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -5.1°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Yurihonjō in FebruaryJapan · 138 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -2.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Yokote in FebruaryJapan · 142 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.8°C · 95 mm precipitation
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 Hirosaki) is explained once on the Hirosaki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.