Ishikari region | AMeDAS station "Koganeyu"

Snow in Koganeyu (Jozankei) in December

In a normal December, Koganeyu (Jozankei) gets 185cm of snow. Snow depth goes from 12 cm at the start of the month to 54 cm at the end (deepest around the 31st, at 54 cm). (The Koganeyu station does not record temperature.)

Snowfall in December
185cm8th of 41 places
Max snow depth in December
66cmNormal of the monthly maximum
Days with 10 cm+ snow
24.7 daysin the month

Daily snow depth in Koganeyu (Jozankei) in December

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Daily normals for Koganeyu (Jozankei) in December

DateDepthSnowfall
Dec 112cm4cm
Dec 213cm5cm
Dec 314cm5cm
Dec 416cm5cm
Dec 517cm5cm
Dec 618cm5cm
Dec 719cm6cm
Dec 821cm6cm
Dec 922cm6cm
Dec 1024cm6cm
Dec 1125cm6cm
Dec 1227cm6cm
Dec 1328cm6cm
Dec 1429cm6cm
Dec 1531cm6cm
Dec 1632cm6cm
Dec 1733cm6cm
Dec 1834cm6cm
Dec 1936cm6cm
Dec 2037cm6cm
Dec 2138cm6cm
Dec 2240cm6cm
Dec 2341cm6cm
Dec 2443cm6cm
Dec 2544cm7cm
Dec 2646cm7cm
Dec 2748cm7cm
Dec 2849cm7cm
Dec 2951cm7cm
Dec 3053cm7cm
Dec 3154cm7cm

JMA daily normals: smoothed 30-year averages, not values from any single year. At AMeDAS stations, snowfall is the sum of hourly increases in snow depth.

Snowfall in December at 41 places

RankPlaceSnowfallMax depthMean temp.
1Kutchan253cm99cm-3.1℃
2Kimobetsu244cm79cm-4.8℃
3Takikawa228cm70cm-4.0℃
4Nayoro225cm71cm-5.4℃
5Bibai216cm70cm-3.8℃
6Sounkyo202cm84cm―
7Iwamizawa200cm74cm-2.6℃
8Koganeyu (Jozankei)185cm66cm―
9Biei182cm48cm-5.5℃
10Shimukappu (Tomamu)165cm48cm-6.4℃
11Furano159cm46cm-5.1℃
12Asahikawa158cm58cm-4.2℃
13Ishikari157cm53cm-2.0℃
14Haboro154cm54cm-1.7℃
15Rumoi147cm47cm-1.5℃
16Otaru142cm54cm-1.1℃
17Esashi (Kitami-Esashi)139cm52cm-3.1℃
18Utoro (Shiretoko)138cm45cm-2.4℃
19Lake Akan123cm52cm-6.5℃
20Wakkanai122cm39cm-2.1℃
21Eniwa (Shimamatsu)116cm37cm-3.5℃
22Sapporo113cm47cm-0.9℃
23Suttsu108cm32cm-0.3℃
24Kawayu (Teshikaga)101cm43cm-6.0℃
25Kitami92cm39cm-5.1℃
26Omu83cm36cm-3.3℃
27Noboribetsu82cm23cm-1.9℃
28Nakashibetsu81cm28cm-3.7℃
29Hakodate79cm22cm-0.1℃
30Mombetsu75cm28cm-2.6℃
31Abashiri71cm29cm-2.4℃
32Memanbetsu66cm28cm-4.5℃
33Hiroo60cm35cm-1.3℃
34Obihiro51cm36cm-3.8℃
35Esashi49cm13cm1.6℃
36Chitose44cm18cm-3.0℃
37Tomakomai29cm14cm-1.2℃
38Urakawa28cm10cm0.1℃
39Nemuro28cm15cm-0.5℃
40Muroran27cm9cm0.5℃
41Kushiro26cm17cm-1.9℃

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