Ishikari region | AMeDAS station "Ishikari"
When does it snow in Ishikari? Snow depth and snowfall normals
The station is at an elevation of 5 m. All figures are normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA): 30-year averages for 1991–2020.
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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
- 644cm11th of 41 places
- Deepest snow
- 115cmFebruary max normal: 113cm
- Snowiest month
- January201cm in the month
- Ice days (year)
- 53.1 daysDays with a high below 0℃
When the snow starts and ends in Ishikari
Based on daily normals, Ishikari has snow cover of 1 cm or more from Nov 7 to Apr 25. The snow is deepest around Feb 20, at 98 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 Ishikari (October to May)
Daily snow depth normals. Tap a month for details.
- OctoberSnowfall 0cmMax depth 0cmMean 10.8℃
- NovemberSnowfall 32cmMax depth 13cmMean 4.2℃
- DecemberSnowfall 157cmMax depth 53cmMean -2.0℃
- JanuarySnowfall 201cmMax depth 96cmMean -4.6℃
- FebruarySnowfall 153cmMax depth 113cmMean -4.2℃
- MarchSnowfall 96cmMax depth 104cmMean -0.3℃
- AprilSnowfall 11cmMax depth 41cmMean 5.8℃
- MaySnowfall 0cmMax depth 0cmMean 11.4℃
Monthly snowfall in Ishikari
At AMeDAS stations, snowfall is the sum of hourly increases in snow depth.
Monthly snow and temperature normals in Ishikari
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
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| Snowfall (monthly total) | 201cm | 153cm | 96cm | 11cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 32cm | 157cm | 644cm |
| Max snow depth | 96cm | 113cm | 104cm | 41cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 13cm | 53cm | 115cm |
| Days with 10 cm+ snow cover | 31.0 days | 28.3 days | 30.4 days | 7.4 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 2.5 days | 20.6 days | 119.1 days |
| Mean temperature | -4.6℃ | -4.2℃ | -0.3℃ | 5.8℃ | 11.4℃ | 15.6℃ | 19.6℃ | 20.9℃ | 17.2℃ | 10.8℃ | 4.2℃ | -2.0℃ | 7.9℃ |
| Mean daily high | -1.2℃ | -0.4℃ | 3.4℃ | 10.6℃ | 16.8℃ | 20.7℃ | 24.3℃ | 25.5℃ | 22.1℃ | 15.7℃ | 8.1℃ | 1.3℃ | 12.3℃ |
| Mean daily low | -9.0℃ | -8.9℃ | -4.4℃ | 1.3℃ | 6.8℃ | 11.7℃ | 16.1℃ | 17.4℃ | 12.7℃ | 6.2℃ | 0.4℃ | -5.7℃ | 3.7℃ |
| Ice days (high below 0℃) | 20.1 days | 15.5 days | 4.7 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 1.1 days | 11.5 days | 53.1 days |
| Precipitation | 89.1mm | 65.2mm | 46.3mm | 41.0mm | 59.7mm | 55.2mm | 94.9mm | 129.4mm | 123.7mm | 98.6mm | 99.5mm | 90.1mm | 993.8mm |
June to September link to the Hokkaido-wide summer pages. "Year" for max snow depth is the normal for the whole winter.
Temperature in Ishikari (12 months)
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Location and nearby places
- Sapporoabout 15 km · 479cm of snow a year
- Koganeyu (Jozankei)about 28 km · 808cm of snow a year
- Otaruabout 29 km · 556cm of snow a year
- Eniwa (Shimamatsu)about 34 km · 534cm of snow a year
Sources
- Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Climatological Normals 1991–2020 (in Japanese); Normals for Ishikari (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)