Climate averages 1991–2020
Shibata weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Shibata: daytime highs average 3.8°C and nights cool to about -2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes February a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Niigata (26 km away). In February its highs average 4.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Shibata, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Shibata ranks 269th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 292nd of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Shibata is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 7.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 149 mm to 145 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
Shibata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 217 | 26.8 | 9.910 h |
| February, selected | 3.8°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 149 | 21.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 7.9°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 145 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 115 | 14.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 123 | 13.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 155 | 13.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 27.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 274 | 18.0 | 14.515 h |
| August | 28.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 194 | 15.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 160 | 15.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 170 | 16.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.8°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 191 | 19.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 6.4°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 233 | 25.0 | 9.610 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
- Niigata in FebruaryJapan · 26 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -0.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Tsubame in FebruaryJapan · 48 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -1.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Sanjō in FebruaryJapan · 50 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Yonezawa in FebruaryJapan · 69 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 138 mm rain
- Nagaoka in FebruaryJapan · 70 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.7°C · 127 mm rain
- Aizu-Wakamatsu in FebruaryJapan · 74 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -3.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Kashiwazaki in FebruaryJapan · 95 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -1.9°C · 157 mm rain
- Yamagata in FebruaryJapan · 96 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -6.0°C · 91 mm precipitation
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 Shibata) is explained once on the Shibata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.