Kamikawa region | AMeDAS station "Sounkyo"
When does it snow in Sounkyo? Snow depth and snowfall normals
The station is at an elevation of 540 m. All figures are normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA): 30-year averages for 1991–2020.
Snow in Sounkyo 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
- 907cm3rd of 41 places
- Deepest snow
- 131cmMarch max normal: 126cm
- Snowiest month
- December202cm in the month
- Days with 10 cm+ snow (year)
- 157.4 daysNo temperature records at this station
When the snow starts and ends in Sounkyo
Based on daily normals, Sounkyo has snow cover of 1 cm or more from Oct 17 to May 14. The snow is deepest around Mar 4, at 108 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 Sounkyo (October to May)
Daily snow depth normals. Tap a month for details.
Monthly snowfall in Sounkyo
At AMeDAS stations, snowfall is the sum of hourly increases in snow depth.
Monthly snow normals in Sounkyo
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
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| Snowfall (monthly total) | 163cm | 150cm | 160cm | 80cm | 3cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 10cm | 133cm | 202cm | 907cm |
| Max snow depth | 102cm | 121cm | 126cm | 94cm | 9cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 6cm | 41cm | 84cm | 131cm |
| Days with 10 cm+ snow cover | 31.0 days | 28.3 days | 31.0 days | 24.0 days | 1.1 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.8 days | 12.0 days | 30.2 days | 157.4 days |
| Precipitation | 68.9mm | 65.5mm | 84.3mm | 84.4mm | 98.6mm | 84.7mm | 157.5mm | 192.6mm | 153.0mm | 157.4mm | 149.3mm | 109.4mm | 1418.1mm |
June to September link to the Hokkaido-wide summer pages. "Year" for max snow depth is the normal for the whole winter. The Sounkyo station records only snow and precipitation, so there are no temperature normals.
Location and nearby places
Sources
- Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Climatological Normals 1991–2020 (in Japanese); Normals for Sounkyo (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)