Climate averages 1991–2020
Nasushiobara weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Nasushiobara: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ōtawara (13 km away). In January its highs average 5.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Nasushiobara, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Nasushiobara ranks 249th of 303 for the warmest January highs and joint 109th of 303 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 303 cities is 7.0°C; Nasushiobara is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 5.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Nasushiobara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.5°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 62 | 9.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.3°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 57 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 111 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 130 | 13.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 148 | 13.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 176 | 16.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 240 | 21.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 190 | 18.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 227 | 16.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 185 | 14.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 88 | 9.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 60 | 9.6 | 9.710 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
January in nearby cities
- Ōtawara in JanuaryJapan · 13 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Sukagawa in JanuaryJapan · 44 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Nikkō in JanuaryJapan · 47 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -5.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Utsunomiya in JanuaryJapan · 48 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Kōriyama in JanuaryJapan · 55 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -3.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Kanuma in JanuaryJapan · 56 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -2.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Aizu-Wakamatsu in JanuaryJapan · 58 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -3.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Mooka in JanuaryJapan · 61 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -2.4°C · 52 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 Nasushiobara) is explained once on the Nasushiobara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.