Kushiro region | AMeDAS station "Lake-Shore Akan"
When does it snow in Lake Akan? Snow depth and snowfall normals
The station is at an elevation of 426 m. All figures are normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA): 30-year averages for 1991–2020.
Snow in Lake Akan now
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The snow falling in this box matches the past 24 hours of snowfall (it may not be snowing right now). Snow depth now at 41 places →
- Annual snowfall
- 548cm17th of 41 places
- Deepest snow
- 120cmMarch max normal: 112cm
- Snowiest month
- January132cm in the month
- Ice days (year)
- 89.5 daysDays with a high below 0℃
When the snow starts and ends in Lake Akan
Based on daily normals, Lake Akan has snow cover of 1 cm or more from Nov 6 to May 9. The snow is deepest around Mar 7, at 92 cm.
AMeDAS stations have no normals for first snow or lasting snow cover (only JMA weather stations do). The period above comes from the daily snow depth normals. Actual dates vary from year to year.
Snow depth in Lake Akan (October to May)
Daily snow depth normals. Tap a month for details.
- OctoberSnowfall 1cmMax depth 1cmMean 7.5℃
- NovemberSnowfall 31cmMax depth 11cmMean 0.7℃
- DecemberSnowfall 123cmMax depth 52cmMean -6.5℃
- JanuarySnowfall 132cmMax depth 94cmMean -10.0℃
- FebruarySnowfall 96cmMax depth 103cmMean -9.4℃
- MarchSnowfall 105cmMax depth 112cmMean -4.2℃
- AprilSnowfall 54cmMax depth 74cmMean 2.3℃
- MaySnowfall 3cmMax depth 4cmMean 8.5℃
Monthly snowfall in Lake Akan
At AMeDAS stations, snowfall is the sum of hourly increases in snow depth.
Monthly snow and temperature normals in Lake Akan
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall (monthly total) | 132cm | 96cm | 105cm | 54cm | 3cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 1cm | 31cm | 123cm | 548cm |
| Max snow depth | 94cm | 103cm | 112cm | 74cm | 4cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 1cm | 11cm | 52cm | 120cm |
| Days with 10 cm+ snow cover | 30.4 days | 28.3 days | 31.0 days | 18.2 days | 0.5 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.2 days | 2.0 days | 21.0 days | 131.9 days |
| Mean temperature | -10.0℃ | -9.4℃ | -4.2℃ | 2.3℃ | 8.5℃ | 13.1℃ | 17.1℃ | 18.0℃ | 14.0℃ | 7.5℃ | 0.7℃ | -6.5℃ | 4.3℃ |
| Mean daily high | -4.2℃ | -3.1℃ | 1.4℃ | 8.1℃ | 15.1℃ | 18.9℃ | 22.3℃ | 22.8℃ | 19.0℃ | 13.2℃ | 5.8℃ | -1.4℃ | 9.8℃ |
| Mean daily low | -16.7℃ | -16.8℃ | -10.8℃ | -3.3℃ | 2.3℃ | 8.0℃ | 12.9℃ | 13.9℃ | 9.3℃ | 2.1℃ | -4.3℃ | -12.1℃ | -1.3℃ |
| Ice days (high below 0℃) | 28.2 days | 22.5 days | 13.0 days | 1.1 days | 0.1 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 3.4 days | 21.1 days | 89.5 days |
| Precipitation | 63.2mm | 44.5mm | 70.2mm | 90.8mm | 105.7mm | 84.4mm | 103.2mm | 160.0mm | 165.7mm | 137.8mm | 85.2mm | 87.4mm | 1197.9mm |
June to September link to the Hokkaido-wide summer pages. "Year" for max snow depth is the normal for the whole winter.
Temperature in Lake Akan (12 months)
HighMeanLow
Location and nearby places
- Kawayu (Teshikaga)about 36 km · 505cm of snow a year
- Kitamiabout 42 km · 414cm of snow a year
- Memanbetsuabout 50 km · 324cm of snow a year
- Kushiroabout 55 km · 127cm of snow a year
Sources
- Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Climatological Normals 1991–2020 (in Japanese); Normals for Lake-Shore Akan (JMA, in Japanese)
- Station locations: JMA, List of AMeDAS stations (in Japanese)
- Current snow and 24-hour snowfall: JMA AMeDAS
- Map: National Land Numerical Information, Administrative Boundaries (MLIT) (processed)