Climate averages 1991–2020
Tsuruoka weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Tsuruoka: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 203 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a very wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sakata (22 km away). In October its highs average 17.9°C, about as warm as Tsuruoka, with 165 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tsuruoka ranks joint 268th of 303 for the warmest October highs and 219th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Tsuruoka is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 203 mm to 238 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Sakata in OctoberJapan · 22 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 165 mm rain
- Yamagata in OctoberJapan · 72 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Yurihonjō in OctoberJapan · 77 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 11.5°C · 185 mm rain
- Yokote in OctoberJapan · 91 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.0°C · 144 mm rain
- Yonezawa in OctoberJapan · 94 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Shibata in OctoberJapan · 96 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 170 mm rain
- Daisen in OctoberJapan · 99 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 141 mm rain
- Ōsaki in OctoberJapan · 101 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 141 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.