Climate averages 1991–2020
Ōshū weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Ōshū: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 05 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kitakami (17 km away). In November its highs average 10.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Ōshū, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Ōshū ranks joint 277th of 303 for the warmest November highs and 32nd of 303 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 303 cities is 14.9°C; Ōshū is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 4.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 11.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 73 | 11.7 | 10.110 h |
| December | 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
November in nearby cities
- Kitakami in NovemberJapan · 17 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Ichinoseki in NovemberJapan · 25 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Hanamaki in NovemberJapan · 28 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 2.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Tome in NovemberJapan · 48 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Yokote in NovemberJapan · 57 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Morioka in NovemberJapan · 62 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Ōsaki in NovemberJapan · 64 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Daisen in NovemberJapan · 67 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 129 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.