Climate averages 1991–2020
Ichinoseki 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 Ichinoseki: daytime highs average 7.9°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 Tome (23 km away). In March its highs average 8.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Ichinoseki, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Ichinoseki ranks joint 269th of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 19th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Ichinoseki is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Ichinoseki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 51 | 8.9 | 9.810 h |
| February | 3.6°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 46 | 8.4 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 7.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 87 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 92 | 11.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 104 | 11.6 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 115 | 12.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 25.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 156 | 15.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 142 | 14.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 149 | 12.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 122 | 10.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 64 | 9.4 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.3°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 58 | 10.1 | 9.59 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Tome in MarchJapan · 23 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -0.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Ōshū in MarchJapan · 25 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -1.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Ōsaki in MarchJapan · 39 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -1.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Kitakami in MarchJapan · 41 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Hanamaki in MarchJapan · 52 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -3.0°C · 104 mm rain
- Ishinomaki in MarchJapan · 57 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Yokote in MarchJapan · 67 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Sendai in MarchJapan · 76 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -0.1°C · 87 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 Ichinoseki) is explained once on the Ichinoseki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.