Climate averages 1991–2020
Morioka weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Morioka: daytime highs average 11.6°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hanamaki (35 km away). In April its highs average 13.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than Morioka, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Morioka ranks 290th of 303 for the warmest April highs and joint 20th of 303 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 303 cities is 16.7°C; Morioka is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 94 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Morioka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 64 | 11.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | 0.6°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 61 | 11.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 4.5°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 93 | 14.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 11.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 92 | 14.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 94 | 12.8 | 14.314 h |
| June | 21.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 101 | 12.3 | 14.915 h |
| July | 24.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 148 | 16.3 | 14.715 h |
| August | 25.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 137 | 14.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 137 | 12.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.9°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 110 | 11.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 78 | 12.9 | 10.010 h |
| December | 2.3°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 77 | 13.2 | 9.49 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
April in nearby cities
- Hanamaki in AprilJapan · 35 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 2.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Kitakami in AprilJapan · 46 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Ōshū in AprilJapan · 62 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Daisen in AprilJapan · 64 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Yokote in AprilJapan · 67 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Ichinoseki in AprilJapan · 87 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Akita in AprilJapan · 88 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 4.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Hachinohe in AprilJapan · 94 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.6°C · 78 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 Morioka) is explained once on the Morioka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.