Climate averages 1991–2020
Ōshū weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Ōshū: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about -1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 28 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kitakami (17 km away). In December its highs average 3.7°C, 1.1°C cooler than Ōshū, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Ōshū ranks joint 276th of 303 for the warmest December highs and joint 145th of 303 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 303 cities is 9.5°C; Ōshū is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 2.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Ōshū climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 59 | 10.8 | 9.810 h |
| February | 3.0°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 53 | 10.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 7.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 92 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 98 | 13.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 110 | 12.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 123 | 12.9 | 14.915 h |
| July | 25.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 166 | 16.4 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 153 | 15.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 151 | 13.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 120 | 11.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 73 | 11.7 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 4.9°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 68 | 12.4 | 9.59 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
December in nearby cities
- Kitakami in DecemberJapan · 17 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -3.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Ichinoseki in DecemberJapan · 25 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -1.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Hanamaki in DecemberJapan · 28 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Tome in DecemberJapan · 48 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Yokote in DecemberJapan · 57 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -2.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Morioka in DecemberJapan · 62 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -4.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Ōsaki in DecemberJapan · 64 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Daisen in DecemberJapan · 67 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -2.7°C · 130 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 Ōshū) is explained once on the Ōshū year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.