Climate averages 1991–2020
Yokote weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Yokote: daytime highs average 3.6°C and nights cool to about -2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Daisen (15 km away). In December its highs average 3.7°C, about as warm as Yokote, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Yokote ranks 286th of 303 for the warmest December highs and 278th of 303 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 303 cities is 9.5°C; Yokote is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 0.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 133 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Yokote climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 118 | 21.7 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.7°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 95 | 18.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.6°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 119 | 18.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 115 | 15.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 124 | 14.1 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 137 | 14.2 | 14.915 h |
| July | 25.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 203 | 18.0 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 180 | 16.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 156 | 15.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 144 | 14.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 124 | 17.9 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 3.6°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 133 | 21.7 | 9.59 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
December in nearby cities
- Daisen in DecemberJapan · 15 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -2.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Yurihonjō in DecemberJapan · 43 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 250 mm rain
- Kitakami in DecemberJapan · 49 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -3.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Hanamaki in DecemberJapan · 49 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Ōshū in DecemberJapan · 57 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Akita in DecemberJapan · 58 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low 0.3°C · 199 mm rain
- Morioka in DecemberJapan · 67 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -4.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Ichinoseki in DecemberJapan · 67 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -1.9°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 Yokote) is explained once on the Yokote year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.