Climate averages 1991–2020
Ishinomaki weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Ishinomaki: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ōsaki (34 km away). In October its highs average 18.2°C, about as warm as Ishinomaki, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Ishinomaki ranks joint 264th of 303 for the warmest October highs and joint 77th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Ishinomaki is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 12.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 140 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ōsaki in OctoberJapan · 34 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 141 mm rain
- Tome in OctoberJapan · 35 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Sendai in OctoberJapan · 41 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 141 mm rain
- Natori-shi in OctoberJapan · 46 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 159 mm rain
- Ichinoseki in OctoberJapan · 57 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Ōshū in OctoberJapan · 81 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Yamagata in OctoberJapan · 84 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Kitakami in OctoberJapan · 98 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.6°C · 128 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 Ishinomaki) is explained once on the Ishinomaki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.