Kamikawa region | AMeDAS station "Sounkyo"
Snow in Sounkyo in May
In a normal May, Sounkyo gets 3cm of snow. Snow depth goes from 11 cm at the start of the month to 0 cm at the end (deepest around the 1st, at 11 cm). (The Sounkyo station does not record temperature.)
- Snowfall in May
- 3cm3rd of 41 places
- Max snow depth in May
- 9cmNormal of the monthly maximum
- Days with 10 cm+ snow
- 1.1 daysin the month
Daily snow depth in Sounkyo in May
Daily normals for Sounkyo in May
| Date | Depth | Snowfall |
|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 11cm | 1cm |
| May 2 | 9cm | 1cm |
| May 3 | 8cm | 1cm |
| May 4 | 6cm | 0cm |
| May 5 | 5cm | 0cm |
| May 6 | 4cm | 0cm |
| May 7 | 3cm | 0cm |
| May 8 | 3cm | 0cm |
| May 9 | 2cm | 0cm |
| May 10 | 2cm | 0cm |
| May 11 | 1cm | 0cm |
| May 12 | 1cm | 0cm |
| May 13 | 1cm | 0cm |
| May 14 | 1cm | 0cm |
| May 15 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 16 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 17 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 18 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 19 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 20 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 21 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 22 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 23 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 24 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 25 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 26 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 27 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 28 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 29 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 30 | 0cm | 0cm |
| May 31 | 0cm | 0cm |
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 May at 41 places
| Rank | Place | Snowfall | Max depth | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utoro (Shiretoko) | 7cm | 6cm | 9.8℃ |
| 2 | Nakashibetsu | 3cm | 1cm | 8.9℃ |
| 3 | Sounkyo | 3cm | 9cm | ― |
| 4 | Lake Akan | 3cm | 4cm | 8.5℃ |
| 5 | Kawayu (Teshikaga) | 3cm | 5cm | 8.7℃ |
| 6 | Omu | 2cm | 1cm | 9.0℃ |
| 7 | Memanbetsu | 2cm | 1cm | 10.5℃ |
| 8 | Abashiri | 1cm | 1cm | 9.8℃ |
| 9 | Mombetsu | 1cm | 1cm | 9.6℃ |
| 10 | Obihiro | 1cm | 1cm | 11.6℃ |
| 11 | Esashi (Kitami-Esashi) | 1cm | 1cm | 9.1℃ |
| 12 | Hiroo | 1cm | 1cm | 9.8℃ |
| 13 | Kitami | 1cm | 1cm | 11.2℃ |
| 14 | Sapporo | 0cm | 0cm | 13.0℃ |
| 15 | Iwamizawa | 0cm | 0cm | 12.1℃ |
| 16 | Otaru | 0cm | 0cm | 12.1℃ |
| 17 | Kutchan | 0cm | 0cm | 11.2℃ |
| 18 | Muroran | 0cm | 0cm | 10.7℃ |
| 19 | Urakawa | 0cm | 0cm | 9.7℃ |
| 20 | Hakodate | 0cm | 0cm | 12.3℃ |
| 21 | Esashi | 0cm | 0cm | 12.3℃ |
| 22 | Asahikawa | 0cm | 0cm | 12.3℃ |
| 23 | Rumoi | 0cm | 0cm | 11.1℃ |
| 24 | Wakkanai | 0cm | 0cm | 9.1℃ |
| 25 | Kushiro | 0cm | 0cm | 8.6℃ |
| 26 | Nemuro | 0cm | 0cm | 7.7℃ |
| 27 | Chitose | 0cm | 0cm | 11.1℃ |
| 28 | Noboribetsu | 0cm | 0cm | 10.3℃ |
| 29 | Furano | 0cm | 0cm | 12.1℃ |
| 30 | Biei | 0cm | 0cm | 11.3℃ |
| 31 | Tomakomai | 0cm | 0cm | 10.0℃ |
| 32 | Haboro | 0cm | 0cm | 11.2℃ |
| 33 | Suttsu | 0cm | 0cm | 11.5℃ |
| 34 | Nayoro | 0cm | 0cm | 10.8℃ |
| 35 | Eniwa (Shimamatsu) | 0cm | 0cm | 11.1℃ |
| 36 | Ishikari | 0cm | 0cm | 11.4℃ |
| 37 | Bibai | 0cm | 0cm | 12.1℃ |
| 38 | Takikawa | 0cm | 0cm | 11.7℃ |
| 39 | Koganeyu (Jozankei) | 0cm | 0cm | ― |
| 40 | Kimobetsu | 0cm | 1cm | 10.2℃ |
| 41 | Shimukappu (Tomamu) | 0cm | 0cm | 9.9℃ |
Sources
- Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Climatological Normals 1991–2020 (in Japanese) (monthly and daily normals); Normals for Sounkyo (JMA, in Japanese)