Climate averages 1991–2020
Yurihonjō weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Yurihonjō: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a very wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Akita (37 km away). In October its highs average 17.1°C, about as warm as Yurihonjō, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Yurihonjō ranks joint 275th of 303 for the warmest October highs and joint 177th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Yurihonjō is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 185 mm to 204 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Yurihonjō climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.9°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 214 | 26.6 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.6°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 148 | 22.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 6.1°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 134 | 19.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 111 | 14.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 123 | 13.3 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 130 | 12.2 | 14.915 h |
| July | 25.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 202 | 15.4 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 187 | 15.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 185 | 15.5 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 17.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 185 | 16.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.2°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 204 | 21.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 4.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 250 | 25.7 | 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
October in nearby cities
- Akita in OctoberJapan · 37 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 179 mm rain
- Daisen in OctoberJapan · 38 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 141 mm rain
- Yokote in OctoberJapan · 43 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.0°C · 144 mm rain
- Sakata in OctoberJapan · 55 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 165 mm rain
- Tsuruoka in OctoberJapan · 77 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 203 mm rain
- Hanamaki in OctoberJapan · 91 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Kitakami in OctoberJapan · 92 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.6°C · 128 mm rain
- Ōshū in OctoberJapan · 100 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 120 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 Yurihonjō) is explained once on the Yurihonjō year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.