Climate averages 1991–2020
Morioka weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Morioka: daytime highs average -0.4°C and nights cool to about -7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hanamaki (35 km away). In January its highs average 0.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Morioka, with 80 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Morioka ranks 290th of 303 for the warmest January highs and joint 127th of 303 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 303 cities is 7.0°C; Morioka is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 0.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 64 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | -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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Hanamaki in JanuaryJapan · 35 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -7.3°C · 80 mm precipitation
- Kitakami in JanuaryJapan · 46 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.9°C · 73 mm precipitation
- Ōshū in JanuaryJapan · 62 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -5.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Daisen in JanuaryJapan · 64 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -5.9°C · 111 mm precipitation
- Yokote in JanuaryJapan · 67 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -6.3°C · 118 mm precipitation
- Ichinoseki in JanuaryJapan · 87 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -5.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Akita in JanuaryJapan · 88 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -2.6°C · 164 mm precipitation
- Hachinohe in JanuaryJapan · 94 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 46 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 Morioka) is explained once on the Morioka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.