Climate averages 1991–2020
Tsuruoka weather
in February.
A cold, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Tsuruoka: daytime highs average 3.3°C and nights cool to about -0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 6th 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 Sakata (22 km away). In February its highs average 2.9°C, about as warm as Tsuruoka, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tsuruoka ranks 272nd of 303 for the warmest February highs and 303rd of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Tsuruoka is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 6.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 192 mm to 169 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
Tsuruoka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.8°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 285 | 27.7 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 3.3°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 192 | 23.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 6.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 169 | 20.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 132 | 15.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 134 | 13.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 148 | 12.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 25.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 259 | 17.2 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 203 | 15.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 180 | 15.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.1°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 203 | 16.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 238 | 20.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.9°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 311 | 26.3 | 9.510 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
- Sakata in FebruaryJapan · 22 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -2.0°C · 131 mm rain
- Yamagata in FebruaryJapan · 72 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -6.0°C · 91 mm precipitation
- Yurihonjō in FebruaryJapan · 77 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -2.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Yokote in FebruaryJapan · 91 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.8°C · 95 mm precipitation
- Yonezawa in FebruaryJapan · 94 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 138 mm rain
- Shibata in FebruaryJapan · 96 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 149 mm rain
- Daisen in FebruaryJapan · 99 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -5.6°C · 91 mm precipitation
- Ōsaki in FebruaryJapan · 101 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.2°C · 48 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 Tsuruoka) is explained once on the Tsuruoka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.