Climate averages 1991–2020
Yonezawa weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Yonezawa: daytime highs average 2.7°C and nights cool to about -4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes February a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fukushima (36 km away). In February its highs average 4.9°C, 2.2°C warmer than Yonezawa, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Yonezawa ranks 278th of 303 for the warmest February highs and 289th of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Yonezawa is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 6.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 138 mm to 146 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
Yonezawa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 190 | 24.5 | 9.910 h |
| February, selected | 2.7°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 138 | 20.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 6.2°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 146 | 19.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.1°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 115 | 15.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 116 | 14.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 155 | 15.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 241 | 19.9 | 14.515 h |
| August | 27.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 183 | 17.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 155 | 15.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 139 | 14.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 133 | 17.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 4.7°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 181 | 23.2 | 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
- Fukushima in FebruaryJapan · 36 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -3.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Yamagata in FebruaryJapan · 42 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -6.0°C · 91 mm precipitation
- Aizu-Wakamatsu in FebruaryJapan · 49 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -3.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Kōriyama in FebruaryJapan · 61 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -3.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Shibata in FebruaryJapan · 69 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 149 mm rain
- Natori-shi in FebruaryJapan · 73 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Sukagawa in FebruaryJapan · 74 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -3.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Sendai in FebruaryJapan · 77 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.9°C · 49 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 Yonezawa) is explained once on the Yonezawa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.