Sorachi region | AMeDAS station "Takikawa"
When does it snow in Takikawa? Snow depth and snowfall normals
The station is at an elevation of 50 m. All figures are normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA): 30-year averages for 1991–2020.
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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
- 844cm4th of 41 places
- Deepest snow
- 114cmFebruary max normal: 110cm
- Snowiest month
- December228cm in the month
- Ice days (year)
- 73.9 daysDays with a high below 0℃
When the snow starts and ends in Takikawa
Based on daily normals, Takikawa has snow cover of 1 cm or more from Oct 31 to Apr 25. The snow is deepest around Feb 17, at 94 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 Takikawa (October to May)
Daily snow depth normals. Tap a month for details.
- OctoberSnowfall 2cmMax depth 1cmMean 9.6℃
- NovemberSnowfall 90cmMax depth 32cmMean 2.6℃
- DecemberSnowfall 228cmMax depth 70cmMean -4.0℃
- JanuarySnowfall 208cmMax depth 94cmMean -6.9℃
- FebruarySnowfall 168cmMax depth 110cmMean -6.1℃
- MarchSnowfall 131cmMax depth 104cmMean -1.7℃
- AprilSnowfall 21cmMax depth 48cmMean 5.0℃
- MaySnowfall 0cmMax depth 0cmMean 11.7℃
Monthly snowfall in Takikawa
At AMeDAS stations, snowfall is the sum of hourly increases in snow depth.
Monthly snow and temperature normals in Takikawa
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall (monthly total) | 208cm | 168cm | 131cm | 21cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 2cm | 90cm | 228cm | 844cm |
| Max snow depth | 94cm | 110cm | 104cm | 48cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 1cm | 32cm | 70cm | 114cm |
| Days with 10 cm+ snow cover | 31.0 days | 28.3 days | 30.3 days | 9.2 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 7.6 days | 27.9 days | 133.1 days |
| Mean temperature | -6.9℃ | -6.1℃ | -1.7℃ | 5.0℃ | 11.7℃ | 16.2℃ | 20.0℃ | 20.7℃ | 16.3℃ | 9.6℃ | 2.6℃ | -4.0℃ | 7.0℃ |
| Mean daily high | -3.1℃ | -1.9℃ | 2.4℃ | 10.2℃ | 17.7℃ | 21.9℃ | 25.4℃ | 26.0℃ | 22.0℃ | 15.0℃ | 6.6℃ | -0.7℃ | 11.8℃ |
| Mean daily low | -11.7℃ | -11.5℃ | -6.5℃ | -0.1℃ | 6.3℃ | 11.6℃ | 16.1℃ | 16.6℃ | 11.5℃ | 4.7℃ | -1.1℃ | -8.0℃ | 2.3℃ |
| Ice days (high below 0℃) | 25.5 days | 19.4 days | 7.6 days | 0.1 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 2.7 days | 18.7 days | 73.9 days |
| Precipitation | 61.9mm | 53.0mm | 54.1mm | 54.6mm | 74.2mm | 64.4mm | 128.2mm | 153.7mm | 152.3mm | 131.9mm | 132.4mm | 89.0mm | 1156.0mm |
June to September link to the Hokkaido-wide summer pages. "Year" for max snow depth is the normal for the whole winter.
Temperature in Takikawa (12 months)
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Location and nearby places
Sources
- Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Climatological Normals 1991–2020 (in Japanese); Normals for Takikawa (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)