Soya region | JMA weather station "Kitami-Esashi"
When does it snow in Esashi (Kitami-Esashi)? Snow depth and snowfall normals
The station is at an elevation of 7 m. All figures are normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA): 30-year averages for 1991–2020.
Snow in Esashi (Kitami-Esashi) now
- Snow depth now
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- Snowfall, past 24 hours
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- Normal depth for today
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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
- 562cm14th of 41 places
- Deepest snow
- 104cmFebruary max normal: 98cm
- Snowiest month
- December139cm in the month
- Ice days (year)
- 78.6 daysDays with a high below 0℃
When the snow starts and ends in Esashi (Kitami-Esashi)
| First snow of the season | Oct 28 |
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| First day with 1 cm+ snow cover | Nov 7 |
| Lasting snow cover begins | Nov 26 |
| Deepest day (daily normals) | Feb 23（84cm） |
| Lasting snow cover ends | Apr 12 |
| Last day with 1 cm+ snow cover | Apr 22 |
| Last snow of the season | May 6 |
JMA normals for the first and last snow, the first and last snow cover, and lasting snow cover (snow on the ground for 30 days or more in a row). First/last snow dates and days with snowfall were recalculated by JMA in 2024, when snow observation switched from human observers to instruments.
Snow depth in Esashi (Kitami-Esashi) (October to May)
Daily snow depth normals. Tap a month for details.
- OctoberSnowfall 1cmMax depth 1cmMean 10.3℃
- NovemberSnowfall 59cmMax depth 23cmMean 3.0℃
- DecemberSnowfall 139cmMax depth 52cmMean -3.1℃
- JanuarySnowfall 138cmMax depth 81cmMean -5.5℃
- FebruarySnowfall 110cmMax depth 98cmMean -5.4℃
- MarchSnowfall 91cmMax depth 98cmMean -1.5℃
- AprilSnowfall 22cmMax depth 50cmMean 4.3℃
- MaySnowfall 1cmMax depth 1cmMean 9.1℃
Monthly snowfall in Esashi (Kitami-Esashi)
Monthly snow and temperature normals in Esashi (Kitami-Esashi)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
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| Snowfall (monthly total) | 138cm | 110cm | 91cm | 22cm | 1cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 1cm | 59cm | 139cm | 562cm |
| Max snow depth | 81cm | 98cm | 98cm | 50cm | 1cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 1cm | 23cm | 52cm | 104cm |
| Days with 10 cm+ snow cover | 31.0 days | 28.3 days | 30.8 days | 11.2 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 5.7 days | 25.9 days | 132.7 days |
| Days with snowfall | 30.4 days | 26.5 days | 25.2 days | 12.6 days | 1.9 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 2.7 days | 17.6 days | 29.2 days | 146.0 days |
| Mean temperature | -5.5℃ | -5.4℃ | -1.5℃ | 4.3℃ | 9.1℃ | 12.4℃ | 16.6℃ | 19.1℃ | 16.5℃ | 10.3℃ | 3.0℃ | -3.1℃ | 6.3℃ |
| Mean daily high | -2.8℃ | -2.3℃ | 1.8℃ | 8.2℃ | 13.4℃ | 16.0℃ | 19.8℃ | 22.4℃ | 20.5℃ | 14.4℃ | 6.1℃ | -0.4℃ | 9.8℃ |
| Mean daily low | -8.6℃ | -9.2℃ | -4.9℃ | 0.8℃ | 5.5℃ | 9.5℃ | 14.0℃ | 16.3℃ | 12.8℃ | 6.3℃ | -0.2℃ | -6.1℃ | 3.0℃ |
| Ice days (high below 0℃) | 25.4 days | 21.7 days | 10.5 days | 0.5 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 3.1 days | 17.4 days | 78.6 days |
| Precipitation | 75.6mm | 56.5mm | 64.8mm | 56.4mm | 69.1mm | 82.4mm | 125.0mm | 141.4mm | 134.9mm | 127.7mm | 124.1mm | 101.8mm | 1159.6mm |
June to September link to the Hokkaido-wide summer pages. "Year" for max snow depth is the normal for the whole winter.
Temperature in Esashi (Kitami-Esashi) (12 months)
HighMeanLow
Location and nearby places
Sources
- Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Climatological Normals 1991–2020 (in Japanese); Normals for Kitami-Esashi (JMA, in Japanese)
- JMA, Recalculated normals for snow days and first/last snow dates, 2024 (PDF, 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)