Climate averages 1991–2020
Ishinomaki weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: 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 Ishinomaki: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ōsaki (34 km away). In February its highs average 4.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ishinomaki, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Ishinomaki ranks 250th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 7th of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Ishinomaki is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 8.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Ishinomaki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 52 | 7.7 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 5.2°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 43 | 7.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 85 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.7°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 91 | 10.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 17.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 100 | 10.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 20.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 115 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 23.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 162 | 14.7 | 14.615 h |
| August | 25.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 131 | 12.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 151 | 12.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 140 | 9.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 64 | 7.7 | 10.110 h |
| December | 7.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 56 | 8.8 | 9.510 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
February in nearby cities
- Ōsaki in FebruaryJapan · 34 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Tome in FebruaryJapan · 35 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -3.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Sendai in FebruaryJapan · 41 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Natori-shi in FebruaryJapan · 46 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Ichinoseki in FebruaryJapan · 57 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -5.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Ōshū in FebruaryJapan · 81 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Yamagata in FebruaryJapan · 84 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -6.0°C · 91 mm precipitation
- Kitakami in FebruaryJapan · 98 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -6.5°C · 64 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 Ishinomaki) is explained once on the Ishinomaki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.