Okhotsk region | AMeDAS station "Kitami"
When does it snow in Kitami? Snow depth and snowfall normals
The station is at an elevation of 104 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
- 414cm27th of 41 places
- Deepest snow
- 83cmFebruary max normal: 69cm
- Snowiest month
- January109cm in the month
- Ice days (year)
- 70.1 daysDays with a high below 0℃
When the snow starts and ends in Kitami
Based on daily normals, Kitami has snow cover of 1 cm or more from Nov 5 to May 2. The snow is deepest around Feb 22, at 57 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 Kitami (October to May)
Daily snow depth normals. Tap a month for details.
- OctoberSnowfall 0cmMax depth 0cmMean 9.5℃
- NovemberSnowfall 16cmMax depth 6cmMean 2.4℃
- DecemberSnowfall 92cmMax depth 39cmMean -5.1℃
- JanuarySnowfall 109cmMax depth 65cmMean -8.0℃
- FebruarySnowfall 85cmMax depth 69cmMean -7.4℃
- MarchSnowfall 81cmMax depth 69cmMean -1.9℃
- AprilSnowfall 26cmMax depth 23cmMean 5.1℃
- MaySnowfall 1cmMax depth 1cmMean 11.2℃
Monthly snowfall in Kitami
At AMeDAS stations, snowfall is the sum of hourly increases in snow depth.
Monthly snow and temperature normals in Kitami
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall (monthly total) | 109cm | 85cm | 81cm | 26cm | 1cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 16cm | 92cm | 414cm |
| Max snow depth | 65cm | 69cm | 69cm | 23cm | 1cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 6cm | 39cm | 83cm |
| Days with 10 cm+ snow cover | 29.3 days | 28.3 days | 28.5 days | 4.7 days | 0.1 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 1.5 days | 17.0 days | 110.7 days |
| Mean temperature | -8.0℃ | -7.4℃ | -1.9℃ | 5.1℃ | 11.2℃ | 15.4℃ | 19.1℃ | 20.2℃ | 16.2℃ | 9.5℃ | 2.4℃ | -5.1℃ | 6.4℃ |
| Mean daily high | -2.6℃ | -1.6℃ | 3.3℃ | 11.1℃ | 17.8℃ | 21.3℃ | 24.6℃ | 25.4℃ | 21.7℃ | 15.5℃ | 7.6℃ | 0.0℃ | 12.0℃ |
| Mean daily low | -14.2℃ | -14.0℃ | -7.6℃ | -0.6℃ | 5.2℃ | 10.3℃ | 14.7℃ | 15.9℃ | 11.3℃ | 3.9℃ | -2.6℃ | -10.8℃ | 1.0℃ |
| Ice days (high below 0℃) | 25.3 days | 19.7 days | 7.1 days | 0.2 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 1.2 days | 16.6 days | 70.1 days |
| Precipitation | 39.3mm | 29.0mm | 35.1mm | 45.0mm | 56.2mm | 66.2mm | 94.5mm | 128.9mm | 111.8mm | 77.2mm | 40.3mm | 51.3mm | 774.8mm |
June to September link to the Hokkaido-wide summer pages. "Year" for max snow depth is the normal for the whole winter.
Temperature in Kitami (12 months)
HighMeanLow
Location and nearby places
- Memanbetsuabout 28 km · 324cm of snow a year
- Lake Akanabout 42 km · 548cm of snow a year
- Abashiriabout 44 km · 312cm of snow a year
- Kawayu (Teshikaga)about 52 km · 505cm of snow a year
Sources
- Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Climatological Normals 1991–2020 (in Japanese); Normals for Kitami (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)