Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakatsugawa weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Nakatsugawa: daytime highs average 6.7°C and nights cool to about -3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iida (29 km away). In February its highs average 5.3°C, 1.3°C cooler than Nakatsugawa, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Nakatsugawa ranks 238th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 266th of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Nakatsugawa is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 11.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 174 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Nakatsugawa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 96 | 11.9 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 6.7°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 108 | 10.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 174 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 187 | 13.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 204 | 13.8 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 278 | 17.9 | 14.515 h |
| July | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 335 | 20.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 198 | 18.9 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 234 | 15.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 205 | 12.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 129 | 10.4 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 100 | 12.2 | 9.810 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
February in nearby cities
- Iida in FebruaryJapan · 29 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -3.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Tajimi in FebruaryJapan · 38 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Kani in FebruaryJapan · 41 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -1.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Seto in FebruaryJapan · 46 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Sekimachi in FebruaryJapan · 53 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -1.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Kasugai in FebruaryJapan · 55 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Toyota in FebruaryJapan · 55 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low -0.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Komaki in FebruaryJapan · 57 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -1.1°C · 61 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 Nakatsugawa) is explained once on the Nakatsugawa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.