Climate averages 1991–2020
Hirosaki weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Hirosaki: daytime highs average -0.3°C and nights cool to about -6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 82 mm of precipitation on roughly 17 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aomori (33 km away). In January its highs average -0.1°C, about as warm as Hirosaki, with 65 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hirosaki ranks 289th of 303 for the warmest January highs and joint 236th of 303 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 303 cities is 7.0°C; Hirosaki is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 0.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 82 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | -0.3°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 82 | 17.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Aomori in JanuaryJapan · 33 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -6.3°C · 65 mm precipitation
- Hachinohe in JanuaryJapan · 87 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Akita in JanuaryJapan · 102 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -2.6°C · 164 mm precipitation
- Morioka in JanuaryJapan · 115 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -7.9°C · 64 mm precipitation
- Daisen in JanuaryJapan · 128 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -5.9°C · 111 mm precipitation
- Hakodate in JanuaryJapan · 133 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -5.0°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Yurihonjō in JanuaryJapan · 138 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -2.5°C · 214 mm precipitation
- Yokote in JanuaryJapan · 142 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -6.3°C · 118 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.