Climate averages 1991–2020
Hirosaki weather
in March.
A cold, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Hirosaki: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about -3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th 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 (33 km away). In March its highs average 4.7°C, about as warm as Hirosaki, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hirosaki ranks 290th of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 54th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Hirosaki is 7.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.6°C to 12.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 98 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
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 | 0.7°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 81 | 15.7 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Aomori in MarchJapan · 33 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Hachinohe in MarchJapan · 87 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -2.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Akita in MarchJapan · 102 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 0.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Morioka in MarchJapan · 115 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Daisen in MarchJapan · 128 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -2.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Hakodate in MarchJapan · 133 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -2.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Yurihonjō in MarchJapan · 138 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Yokote in MarchJapan · 142 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.6°C · 119 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 Hirosaki) is explained once on the Hirosaki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.