Sorachi region | AMeDAS station "Bibai"
When does it snow in Bibai? Snow depth and snowfall normals
The station is at an elevation of 16 m. All figures are normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA): 30-year averages for 1991–2020.
Snow in Bibai 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
- 766cm7th of 41 places
- Deepest snow
- 116cmFebruary max normal: 109cm
- Snowiest month
- December216cm in the month
- Ice days (year)
- 68.5 daysDays with a high below 0℃
When the snow starts and ends in Bibai
Based on daily normals, Bibai has snow cover of 1 cm or more from Nov 3 to Apr 25. The snow is deepest around Feb 14, at 90 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 Bibai (October to May)
Daily snow depth normals. Tap a month for details.
- OctoberSnowfall 1cmMax depth 0cmMean 10.1℃
- NovemberSnowfall 77cmMax depth 27cmMean 3.1℃
- DecemberSnowfall 216cmMax depth 70cmMean -3.8℃
- JanuarySnowfall 203cmMax depth 97cmMean -6.6℃
- FebruarySnowfall 156cmMax depth 109cmMean -5.9℃
- MarchSnowfall 107cmMax depth 97cmMean -1.5℃
- AprilSnowfall 13cmMax depth 35cmMean 5.4℃
- MaySnowfall 0cmMax depth 0cmMean 12.1℃
Monthly snowfall in Bibai
At AMeDAS stations, snowfall is the sum of hourly increases in snow depth.
Monthly snow and temperature normals in Bibai
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall (monthly total) | 203cm | 156cm | 107cm | 13cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 1cm | 77cm | 216cm | 766cm |
| Max snow depth | 97cm | 109cm | 97cm | 35cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 27cm | 70cm | 116cm |
| Days with 10 cm+ snow cover | 30.9 days | 28.3 days | 29.7 days | 6.6 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 6.5 days | 26.4 days | 127.8 days |
| Mean temperature | -6.6℃ | -5.9℃ | -1.5℃ | 5.4℃ | 12.1℃ | 16.5℃ | 20.4℃ | 21.2℃ | 16.9℃ | 10.1℃ | 3.1℃ | -3.8℃ | 7.3℃ |
| Mean daily high | -2.6℃ | -1.4℃ | 2.9℃ | 10.8℃ | 17.9℃ | 22.0℃ | 25.6℃ | 26.3℃ | 22.6℃ | 15.6℃ | 7.2℃ | -0.3℃ | 12.2℃ |
| Mean daily low | -12.4℃ | -12.1℃ | -6.9℃ | 0.1℃ | 6.8℃ | 12.2℃ | 16.6℃ | 17.1℃ | 11.8℃ | 5.0℃ | -1.1℃ | -8.5℃ | 2.4℃ |
| Ice days (high below 0℃) | 24.3 days | 18.5 days | 6.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 2.1 days | 17.6 days | 68.5 days |
| Precipitation | 77.6mm | 63.5mm | 54.6mm | 53.8mm | 80.8mm | 69.1mm | 122.0mm | 164.9mm | 144.2mm | 120.6mm | 117.6mm | 104.9mm | 1173.5mm |
June to September link to the Hokkaido-wide summer pages. "Year" for max snow depth is the normal for the whole winter.
Temperature in Bibai (12 months)
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Location and nearby places
Sources
- Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Climatological Normals 1991–2020 (in Japanese); Normals for Bibai (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)