Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakata weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Sakata: daytime highs average 2.9°C and nights cool to about -2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes February a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tsuruoka (22 km away). In February its highs average 3.3°C, about as warm as Sakata, with 192 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Sakata ranks joint 276th of 303 for the warmest February highs and 286th of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Sakata is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 6.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 131 mm to 126 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
Sakata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.4°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 189 | 26.3 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 2.9°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 131 | 21.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 6.6°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 126 | 18.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 111 | 14.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 116 | 12.8 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 129 | 11.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 25.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 233 | 16.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 184 | 14.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 163 | 14.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 165 | 15.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 178 | 19.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.6°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 216 | 25.1 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Tsuruoka in FebruaryJapan · 22 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -0.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Yurihonjō in FebruaryJapan · 55 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -2.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Yokote in FebruaryJapan · 75 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.8°C · 95 mm precipitation
- Daisen in FebruaryJapan · 80 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -5.6°C · 91 mm precipitation
- Yamagata in FebruaryJapan · 88 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -6.0°C · 91 mm precipitation
- Akita in FebruaryJapan · 92 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -2.6°C · 123 mm rain
- Ōsaki in FebruaryJapan · 104 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Ichinoseki in FebruaryJapan · 111 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -5.0°C · 46 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 Sakata) is explained once on the Sakata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.