Climate averages 1991–2020
Sukagawa weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Sukagawa: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kōriyama (13 km away). In March its highs average 8.4°C, about as warm as Sukagawa, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Sukagawa ranks joint 259th of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 23rd of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Sukagawa is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 103 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Sukagawa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 54 | 7.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.4°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 49 | 7.2 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 8.6°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 91 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 103 | 11.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 115 | 12.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 131 | 14.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 187 | 17.6 | 14.514 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 141 | 15.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 171 | 14.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 150 | 11.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.1°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 75 | 8.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 6.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 49 | 7.9 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kōriyama in MarchJapan · 13 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Nasushiobara in MarchJapan · 44 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Aizu-Wakamatsu in MarchJapan · 45 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Iwaki in MarchJapan · 51 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Fukushima in MarchJapan · 52 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -1.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Ōtawara in MarchJapan · 56 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Yonezawa in MarchJapan · 74 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Hitachi in MarchJapan · 80 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 127 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 Sukagawa) is explained once on the Sukagawa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.