Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitakami weather
in February.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: 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 Kitakami: daytime highs average 1.9°C and nights cool to about -6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of precipitation on roughly 13 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hanamaki (11 km away). In February its highs average 1.7°C, about as warm as Kitakami, with 72 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kitakami ranks joint 282nd of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 78th of 303 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Kitakami is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 6.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 64 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Kitakami climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.9°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 73 | 13.7 | 9.710 h |
| February, selected | 1.9°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 64 | 12.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 6.2°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 98 | 14.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 104 | 14.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 114 | 13.1 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 130 | 12.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 25.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 182 | 16.4 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 162 | 15.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 154 | 13.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 128 | 12.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 87 | 13.2 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.7°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 86 | 15.3 | 9.59 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
February in nearby cities
- Hanamaki in FebruaryJapan · 11 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 72 mm precipitation
- Ōshū in FebruaryJapan · 17 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Ichinoseki in FebruaryJapan · 41 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -5.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Morioka in FebruaryJapan · 46 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -7.3°C · 61 mm precipitation
- Yokote in FebruaryJapan · 49 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.8°C · 95 mm precipitation
- Daisen in FebruaryJapan · 57 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -5.6°C · 91 mm precipitation
- Tome in FebruaryJapan · 64 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -3.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Ōsaki in FebruaryJapan · 78 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.2°C · 48 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 Kitakami) is explained once on the Kitakami year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.