Kamikawa region | AMeDAS station "Sounkyo"
Snow in Sounkyo in March
In a normal March, Sounkyo gets 160cm of snow. Snow depth goes from 107 cm at the start of the month to 90 cm at the end (deepest around the 4th, at 108 cm). (The Sounkyo station does not record temperature.)
- Snowfall in March
- 160cm1st of 41 places
- Max snow depth in March
- 126cmNormal of the monthly maximum
- Days with 10 cm+ snow
- 31.0 daysin the month
Daily snow depth in Sounkyo in March
Daily normals for Sounkyo in March
| Date | Depth | Snowfall |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 107cm | 5cm |
| Mar 2 | 107cm | 5cm |
| Mar 3 | 107cm | 5cm |
| Mar 4 | 108cm | 5cm |
| Mar 5 | 108cm | 5cm |
| Mar 6 | 108cm | 5cm |
| Mar 7 | 108cm | 5cm |
| Mar 8 | 108cm | 5cm |
| Mar 9 | 108cm | 5cm |
| Mar 10 | 108cm | 5cm |
| Mar 11 | 108cm | 5cm |
| Mar 12 | 107cm | 5cm |
| Mar 13 | 107cm | 5cm |
| Mar 14 | 107cm | 5cm |
| Mar 15 | 107cm | 5cm |
| Mar 16 | 106cm | 5cm |
| Mar 17 | 106cm | 5cm |
| Mar 18 | 105cm | 5cm |
| Mar 19 | 105cm | 5cm |
| Mar 20 | 104cm | 5cm |
| Mar 21 | 103cm | 5cm |
| Mar 22 | 102cm | 5cm |
| Mar 23 | 101cm | 5cm |
| Mar 24 | 100cm | 5cm |
| Mar 25 | 99cm | 5cm |
| Mar 26 | 98cm | 5cm |
| Mar 27 | 96cm | 5cm |
| Mar 28 | 95cm | 4cm |
| Mar 29 | 93cm | 4cm |
| Mar 30 | 92cm | 4cm |
| Mar 31 | 90cm | 4cm |
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 March at 41 places
| Rank | Place | Snowfall | Max depth | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sounkyo | 160cm | 126cm | ― |
| 2 | Koganeyu (Jozankei) | 144cm | 116cm | ― |
| 3 | Kimobetsu | 143cm | 138cm | -2.5℃ |
| 4 | Takikawa | 131cm | 104cm | -1.7℃ |
| 5 | Biei | 129cm | 76cm | -3.0℃ |
| 6 | Nayoro | 128cm | 103cm | -3.0℃ |
| 7 | Shimukappu (Tomamu) | 127cm | 90cm | -3.7℃ |
| 8 | Kutchan | 122cm | 170cm | -1.0℃ |
| 9 | Utoro (Shiretoko) | 118cm | 114cm | -2.0℃ |
| 10 | Furano | 110cm | 71cm | -2.2℃ |
| 11 | Bibai | 107cm | 97cm | -1.5℃ |
| 12 | Lake Akan | 105cm | 112cm | -4.2℃ |
| 13 | Eniwa (Shimamatsu) | 96cm | 70cm | -0.9℃ |
| 14 | Ishikari | 96cm | 104cm | -0.3℃ |
| 15 | Kawayu (Teshikaga) | 96cm | 89cm | -3.5℃ |
| 16 | Noboribetsu | 94cm | 76cm | -0.4℃ |
| 17 | Nakashibetsu | 92cm | 71cm | -2.0℃ |
| 18 | Esashi (Kitami-Esashi) | 91cm | 98cm | -1.5℃ |
| 19 | Kitami | 81cm | 69cm | -1.9℃ |
| 20 | Otaru | 80cm | 106cm | 0.8℃ |
| 21 | Asahikawa | 80cm | 82cm | -1.4℃ |
| 22 | Rumoi | 75cm | 72cm | 0.0℃ |
| 23 | Sapporo | 74cm | 82cm | 1.1℃ |
| 24 | Iwamizawa | 72cm | 99cm | -0.4℃ |
| 25 | Wakkanai | 68cm | 58cm | -0.6℃ |
| 26 | Haboro | 65cm | 86cm | -0.1℃ |
| 27 | Hiroo | 63cm | 85cm | 0.1℃ |
| 28 | Mombetsu | 62cm | 54cm | -1.2℃ |
| 29 | Memanbetsu | 61cm | 52cm | -1.7℃ |
| 30 | Suttsu | 60cm | 55cm | 1.2℃ |
| 31 | Omu | 59cm | 63cm | -1.7℃ |
| 32 | Abashiri | 52cm | 52cm | -1.3℃ |
| 33 | Chitose | 42cm | 41cm | -0.3℃ |
| 34 | Hakodate | 41cm | 28cm | 1.9℃ |
| 35 | Obihiro | 36cm | 57cm | -0.4℃ |
| 36 | Nemuro | 36cm | 25cm | -0.8℃ |
| 37 | Kushiro | 31cm | 23cm | -0.4℃ |
| 38 | Muroran | 27cm | 18cm | 1.4℃ |
| 39 | Esashi | 26cm | 13cm | 2.9℃ |
| 40 | Tomakomai | 26cm | 19cm | 0.5℃ |
| 41 | Urakawa | 19cm | 10cm | 0.9℃ |
Sources
- Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Climatological Normals 1991–2020 (in Japanese) (monthly and daily normals); Normals for Sounkyo (JMA, in Japanese)