Climate averages 1991–2020
Yamagata weather
in February.
A cold month with heavy precipitation: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Yamagata: daytime highs average 1.8°C and nights cool to about -6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of precipitation on roughly 18 days, which makes February a month with heavy precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yonezawa (42 km away). In February its highs average 2.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Yamagata, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Yamagata ranks joint 284th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 239th of 303 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Yamagata is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 5.6°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 91 mm to 109 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Yamagata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.8°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 126 | 21.8 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 1.8°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 91 | 18.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 109 | 16.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 94 | 13.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 91 | 11.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 119 | 12.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 25.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 189 | 17.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 26.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 146 | 14.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 22.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 125 | 13.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.9°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 118 | 12.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 95 | 15.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.9°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 120 | 20.0 | 9.610 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Yonezawa in FebruaryJapan · 42 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 138 mm rain
- Sendai in FebruaryJapan · 44 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Natori-shi in FebruaryJapan · 46 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Fukushima in FebruaryJapan · 54 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -3.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Ōsaki in FebruaryJapan · 66 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Tsuruoka in FebruaryJapan · 72 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -0.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Ishinomaki in FebruaryJapan · 84 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -0.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Tome in FebruaryJapan · 87 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -3.5°C · 42 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 Yamagata) is explained once on the Yamagata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.