Kamikawa region | AMeDAS station "Sounkyo"
Snow in Sounkyo in December
In a normal December, Sounkyo gets 202cm of snow. Snow depth goes from 31 cm at the start of the month to 70 cm at the end (deepest around the 31st, at 70 cm). (The Sounkyo station does not record temperature.)
- Snowfall in December
- 202cm6th of 41 places
- Max snow depth in December
- 84cmNormal of the monthly maximum
- Days with 10 cm+ snow
- 30.2 daysin the month
Daily snow depth in Sounkyo in December
Daily normals for Sounkyo in December
| Date | Depth | Snowfall |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 31cm | 7cm |
| Dec 2 | 33cm | 7cm |
| Dec 3 | 35cm | 7cm |
| Dec 4 | 36cm | 7cm |
| Dec 5 | 38cm | 7cm |
| Dec 6 | 39cm | 7cm |
| Dec 7 | 41cm | 7cm |
| Dec 8 | 42cm | 7cm |
| Dec 9 | 44cm | 7cm |
| Dec 10 | 45cm | 7cm |
| Dec 11 | 47cm | 7cm |
| Dec 12 | 48cm | 7cm |
| Dec 13 | 50cm | 7cm |
| Dec 14 | 51cm | 7cm |
| Dec 15 | 53cm | 7cm |
| Dec 16 | 54cm | 7cm |
| Dec 17 | 56cm | 7cm |
| Dec 18 | 57cm | 7cm |
| Dec 19 | 58cm | 6cm |
| Dec 20 | 59cm | 6cm |
| Dec 21 | 60cm | 6cm |
| Dec 22 | 61cm | 6cm |
| Dec 23 | 62cm | 6cm |
| Dec 24 | 63cm | 6cm |
| Dec 25 | 64cm | 6cm |
| Dec 26 | 65cm | 6cm |
| Dec 27 | 66cm | 6cm |
| Dec 28 | 67cm | 6cm |
| Dec 29 | 68cm | 6cm |
| Dec 30 | 69cm | 6cm |
| Dec 31 | 70cm | 6cm |
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
| Rank | Place | Snowfall | Max depth | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kutchan | 253cm | 99cm | -3.1℃ |
| 2 | Kimobetsu | 244cm | 79cm | -4.8℃ |
| 3 | Takikawa | 228cm | 70cm | -4.0℃ |
| 4 | Nayoro | 225cm | 71cm | -5.4℃ |
| 5 | Bibai | 216cm | 70cm | -3.8℃ |
| 6 | Sounkyo | 202cm | 84cm | ― |
| 7 | Iwamizawa | 200cm | 74cm | -2.6℃ |
| 8 | Koganeyu (Jozankei) | 185cm | 66cm | ― |
| 9 | Biei | 182cm | 48cm | -5.5℃ |
| 10 | Shimukappu (Tomamu) | 165cm | 48cm | -6.4℃ |
| 11 | Furano | 159cm | 46cm | -5.1℃ |
| 12 | Asahikawa | 158cm | 58cm | -4.2℃ |
| 13 | Ishikari | 157cm | 53cm | -2.0℃ |
| 14 | Haboro | 154cm | 54cm | -1.7℃ |
| 15 | Rumoi | 147cm | 47cm | -1.5℃ |
| 16 | Otaru | 142cm | 54cm | -1.1℃ |
| 17 | Esashi (Kitami-Esashi) | 139cm | 52cm | -3.1℃ |
| 18 | Utoro (Shiretoko) | 138cm | 45cm | -2.4℃ |
| 19 | Lake Akan | 123cm | 52cm | -6.5℃ |
| 20 | Wakkanai | 122cm | 39cm | -2.1℃ |
| 21 | Eniwa (Shimamatsu) | 116cm | 37cm | -3.5℃ |
| 22 | Sapporo | 113cm | 47cm | -0.9℃ |
| 23 | Suttsu | 108cm | 32cm | -0.3℃ |
| 24 | Kawayu (Teshikaga) | 101cm | 43cm | -6.0℃ |
| 25 | Kitami | 92cm | 39cm | -5.1℃ |
| 26 | Omu | 83cm | 36cm | -3.3℃ |
| 27 | Noboribetsu | 82cm | 23cm | -1.9℃ |
| 28 | Nakashibetsu | 81cm | 28cm | -3.7℃ |
| 29 | Hakodate | 79cm | 22cm | -0.1℃ |
| 30 | Mombetsu | 75cm | 28cm | -2.6℃ |
| 31 | Abashiri | 71cm | 29cm | -2.4℃ |
| 32 | Memanbetsu | 66cm | 28cm | -4.5℃ |
| 33 | Hiroo | 60cm | 35cm | -1.3℃ |
| 34 | Obihiro | 51cm | 36cm | -3.8℃ |
| 35 | Esashi | 49cm | 13cm | 1.6℃ |
| 36 | Chitose | 44cm | 18cm | -3.0℃ |
| 37 | Tomakomai | 29cm | 14cm | -1.2℃ |
| 38 | Urakawa | 28cm | 10cm | 0.1℃ |
| 39 | Nemuro | 28cm | 15cm | -0.5℃ |
| 40 | Muroran | 27cm | 9cm | 0.5℃ |
| 41 | Kushiro | 26cm | 17cm | -1.9℃ |
Sources
- Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Climatological Normals 1991–2020 (in Japanese) (monthly and daily normals); Normals for Sounkyo (JMA, in Japanese)