Kamikawa region | AMeDAS station "Sounkyo"
Snow in Sounkyo in April
In a normal April, Sounkyo gets 80cm of snow. Snow depth goes from 88 cm at the start of the month to 13 cm at the end (deepest around the 1st, at 88 cm). (The Sounkyo station does not record temperature.)
- Snowfall in April
- 80cm1st of 41 places
- Max snow depth in April
- 94cmNormal of the monthly maximum
- Days with 10 cm+ snow
- 24.0 daysin the month
Daily snow depth in Sounkyo in April
Daily normals for Sounkyo in April
| Date | Depth | Snowfall |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 1 | 88cm | 4cm |
| Apr 2 | 86cm | 4cm |
| Apr 3 | 84cm | 4cm |
| Apr 4 | 82cm | 4cm |
| Apr 5 | 80cm | 4cm |
| Apr 6 | 78cm | 4cm |
| Apr 7 | 76cm | 4cm |
| Apr 8 | 73cm | 3cm |
| Apr 9 | 71cm | 3cm |
| Apr 10 | 68cm | 3cm |
| Apr 11 | 66cm | 3cm |
| Apr 12 | 63cm | 3cm |
| Apr 13 | 60cm | 3cm |
| Apr 14 | 58cm | 3cm |
| Apr 15 | 55cm | 3cm |
| Apr 16 | 52cm | 3cm |
| Apr 17 | 49cm | 3cm |
| Apr 18 | 46cm | 2cm |
| Apr 19 | 43cm | 2cm |
| Apr 20 | 40cm | 2cm |
| Apr 21 | 37cm | 2cm |
| Apr 22 | 34cm | 2cm |
| Apr 23 | 31cm | 2cm |
| Apr 24 | 28cm | 2cm |
| Apr 25 | 25cm | 2cm |
| Apr 26 | 23cm | 1cm |
| Apr 27 | 20cm | 1cm |
| Apr 28 | 17cm | 1cm |
| Apr 29 | 15cm | 1cm |
| Apr 30 | 13cm | 1cm |
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 April at 41 places
| Rank | Place | Snowfall | Max depth | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sounkyo | 80cm | 94cm | ― |
| 2 | Lake Akan | 54cm | 74cm | 2.3℃ |
| 3 | Kawayu (Teshikaga) | 51cm | 56cm | 2.8℃ |
| 4 | Utoro (Shiretoko) | 46cm | 70cm | 4.0℃ |
| 5 | Shimukappu (Tomamu) | 39cm | 50cm | 3.0℃ |
| 6 | Nakashibetsu | 35cm | 35cm | 3.6℃ |
| 7 | Nayoro | 33cm | 58cm | 3.8℃ |
| 8 | Kimobetsu | 32cm | 90cm | 3.5℃ |
| 9 | Koganeyu (Jozankei) | 31cm | 64cm | ― |
| 10 | Biei | 28cm | 32cm | 4.4℃ |
| 11 | Kitami | 26cm | 23cm | 5.1℃ |
| 12 | Memanbetsu | 23cm | 14cm | 4.6℃ |
| 13 | Furano | 22cm | 23cm | 5.3℃ |
| 14 | Esashi (Kitami-Esashi) | 22cm | 50cm | 4.3℃ |
| 15 | Takikawa | 21cm | 48cm | 5.0℃ |
| 16 | Noboribetsu | 19cm | 27cm | 5.1℃ |
| 17 | Kutchan | 17cm | 101cm | 4.9℃ |
| 18 | Omu | 17cm | 22cm | 4.1℃ |
| 19 | Mombetsu | 16cm | 16cm | 4.6℃ |
| 20 | Hiroo | 16cm | 24cm | 5.2℃ |
| 21 | Asahikawa | 15cm | 33cm | 5.6℃ |
| 22 | Abashiri | 15cm | 16cm | 4.5℃ |
| 23 | Bibai | 13cm | 35cm | 5.4℃ |
| 24 | Nemuro | 12cm | 12cm | 3.5℃ |
| 25 | Ishikari | 11cm | 41cm | 5.8℃ |
| 26 | Rumoi | 9cm | 18cm | 5.5℃ |
| 27 | Wakkanai | 9cm | 17cm | 4.5℃ |
| 28 | Obihiro | 9cm | 9cm | 6.0℃ |
| 29 | Iwamizawa | 8cm | 32cm | 6.1℃ |
| 30 | Haboro | 8cm | 26cm | 5.5℃ |
| 31 | Eniwa (Shimamatsu) | 8cm | 14cm | 5.4℃ |
| 32 | Otaru | 7cm | 42cm | 6.5℃ |
| 33 | Kushiro | 7cm | 5cm | 4.0℃ |
| 34 | Sapporo | 6cm | 22cm | 7.3℃ |
| 35 | Muroran | 4cm | 3cm | 6.1℃ |
| 36 | Chitose | 3cm | 2cm | 5.5℃ |
| 37 | Suttsu | 3cm | 8cm | 6.5℃ |
| 38 | Hakodate | 2cm | 1cm | 7.3℃ |
| 39 | Tomakomai | 2cm | 2cm | 5.3℃ |
| 40 | Urakawa | 1cm | 1cm | 5.2℃ |
| 41 | Esashi | 1cm | 1cm | 7.7℃ |
Sources
- Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Climatological Normals 1991–2020 (in Japanese) (monthly and daily normals); Normals for Sounkyo (JMA, in Japanese)