Shiribeshi region | AMeDAS station "Kimobetsu"
When does it snow in Kimobetsu? Snow depth and snowfall normals
This station is in Kimobetsu Town, next to Rusutsu Village, home to Rusutsu Resort. The station is at an elevation of 264 m. All figures are normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA): 30-year averages for 1991–2020.
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- Annual snowfall
- 954cm1st of 41 places
- Deepest snow
- 145cmFebruary max normal: 142cm
- Snowiest month
- December244cm in the month
- Ice days (year)
- 73.9 daysDays with a high below 0℃
When the snow starts and ends in Kimobetsu
Based on daily normals, Kimobetsu has snow cover of 1 cm or more from Oct 28 to May 6. The snow is deepest around Feb 21, at 126 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 Kimobetsu (October to May)
Daily snow depth normals. Tap a month for details.
- OctoberSnowfall 3cmMax depth 2cmMean 8.2℃
- NovemberSnowfall 95cmMax depth 29cmMean 1.5℃
- DecemberSnowfall 244cmMax depth 79cmMean -4.8℃
- JanuarySnowfall 238cmMax depth 118cmMean -7.2℃
- FebruarySnowfall 193cmMax depth 142cmMean -6.7℃
- MarchSnowfall 143cmMax depth 138cmMean -2.5℃
- AprilSnowfall 32cmMax depth 90cmMean 3.5℃
- MaySnowfall 0cmMax depth 1cmMean 10.2℃
Monthly snowfall in Kimobetsu
At AMeDAS stations, snowfall is the sum of hourly increases in snow depth.
Monthly snow and temperature normals in Kimobetsu
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
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| Snowfall (monthly total) | 238cm | 193cm | 143cm | 32cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 3cm | 95cm | 244cm | 954cm |
| Max snow depth | 118cm | 142cm | 138cm | 90cm | 1cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 2cm | 29cm | 79cm | 145cm |
| Days with 10 cm+ snow cover | 31.0 days | 28.3 days | 31.0 days | 18.7 days | 0.1 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.1 days | 7.4 days | 28.0 days | 144.3 days |
| Mean temperature | -7.2℃ | -6.7℃ | -2.5℃ | 3.5℃ | 10.2℃ | 15.0℃ | 19.0℃ | 19.6℃ | 15.0℃ | 8.2℃ | 1.5℃ | -4.8℃ | 5.9℃ |
| Mean daily high | -2.7℃ | -1.7℃ | 2.2℃ | 8.8℃ | 16.5℃ | 20.7℃ | 24.1℃ | 24.9℃ | 21.0℃ | 14.3℃ | 6.3℃ | -0.6℃ | 11.2℃ |
| Mean daily low | -14.1℃ | -14.0℃ | -9.2℃ | -2.3℃ | 3.7℃ | 9.4℃ | 14.4℃ | 14.8℃ | 9.2℃ | 2.3℃ | -3.2℃ | -10.3℃ | 0.1℃ |
| Ice days (high below 0℃) | 24.5 days | 19.1 days | 8.7 days | 0.2 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 3.5 days | 18.0 days | 73.9 days |
| Precipitation | 86.1mm | 66.4mm | 68.2mm | 64.0mm | 78.9mm | 58.1mm | 106.2mm | 157.7mm | 140.3mm | 112.4mm | 126.4mm | 113.2mm | 1178.0mm |
June to September link to the Hokkaido-wide summer pages. "Year" for max snow depth is the normal for the whole winter.
Temperature in Kimobetsu (12 months)
HighMeanLow
Location and nearby places
- Kutchanabout 20 km · 921cm of snow a year
- Koganeyu (Jozankei)about 29 km · 808cm of snow a year
- Noboribetsuabout 40 km · 454cm of snow a year
- Sapporoabout 43 km · 479cm of snow a year
Sources
- Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Climatological Normals 1991–2020 (in Japanese); Normals for Kimobetsu (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)