Climate averages 1991–2020
Ishinomaki weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Ishinomaki: daytime highs average 4.7°C and nights cool to about 0.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ōsaki (34 km away). In January its highs average 3.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Ishinomaki, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Ishinomaki ranks 248th of 303 for the warmest January highs and joint 25th of 303 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 303 cities is 7.0°C; Ishinomaki is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 5.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 4.7°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 52 | 7.7 | 9.810 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ōsaki in JanuaryJapan · 34 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Tome in JanuaryJapan · 35 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -3.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Sendai in JanuaryJapan · 41 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -2.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Natori-shi in JanuaryJapan · 46 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -1.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Ichinoseki in JanuaryJapan · 57 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -5.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Ōshū in JanuaryJapan · 81 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -5.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Yamagata in JanuaryJapan · 84 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -6.4°C · 126 mm precipitation
- Kitakami in JanuaryJapan · 98 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.9°C · 73 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.