Climate averages 1991–2020
Yamagata weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Yamagata: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes November a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 09 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yonezawa (42 km away). In November its highs average 11.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Yamagata, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Yamagata ranks joint 282nd of 303 for the warmest November highs and 175th of 303 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 303 cities is 14.9°C; Yamagata is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 3.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 120 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Yonezawa in NovemberJapan · 42 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Sendai in NovemberJapan · 44 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Natori-shi in NovemberJapan · 46 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Fukushima in NovemberJapan · 54 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Ōsaki in NovemberJapan · 66 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Tsuruoka in NovemberJapan · 72 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 238 mm rain
- Ishinomaki in NovemberJapan · 84 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Tome in NovemberJapan · 87 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 58 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.