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Takayama Climate & Temperature
- Takayama, Japan is at 36°9'N, 137°15'E, 562 m (1844 ft). See map.
- Takayama has a humid subtropical climate that is mild with no dry season, constantly moist (year-round rainfall). Summers are hot and muggy with thunderstorms. Winters are mild with precipitation from mid-latitude cyclones. Seasonality is moderate. (Köppen-Geiger classification: Cfa).
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Takayama is situated in or near the cool temperate wet forest biome.
- The mean temperature is 10.4 degrees Celsius (50.7 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 25.6 °C (46.1°F). This indicates that the continentality type is continental, subtype subcontinental.
- In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 4.1°C (39.3°F) on average falling to -5.3°C (22.5°F) overnight.
- In spring time temperatures climb reaching 15.5°C (60°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 2.7°C (36.9°F).
- During summer average high temperatures are 27.8°C (82°F) and average low temperatures are 17.1°C (62.8°F).
- Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 18.5°C (65.3°F) during the day and lows of 7.9°C (46.3°F) generally shortly after sunrise.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 1756.8 mm (69.2 inches) which is equivalent to 1756.8 Litres/m² (43.09 Gallons/ft²).
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Takayama you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Torres, Brazil where you would find a Humid subtropical climate (Subtropical moist forest biome).
Takayama Climate Table
| Climate Variable | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Max Temperature °C ( °F) | 3 (37) | 4 (39) | 8 (47) | 17 (62) | 22 (72) | 25 (77) | 29 (83) | 30 (86) | 25 (77) | 18 (65) | 12 (54) | 6 (42) | 17 (62) | ||
| Average Temperature °C ( °F) | -2 (28) | -2 (29) | 2 (35) | 9 (49) | 15 (58) | 19 (66) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) | 19 (66) | 12 (53) | 6 (43) | 1 (33) | 10 (51) | ||
| Average Min Temperature °C ( °F) | -7 (20) | -6 (21) | -3 (26) | 3 (37) | 8 (47) | 14 (57) | 18 (65) | 19 (66) | 15 (59) | 7 (45) | 2 (35) | -3 (26) | 6 (42) | ||
| Average Precipitation mm (in) | 92 (4) | 92 (4) | 119 (5) | 142 (6) | 138 (5) | 227 (9) | 241 (9) | 158 (6) | 243 (10) | 127 (5) | 99 (4) | 79 (3) | 1757 (69) | ||
| Average Daylight Hours/ Day | 9h 59' | 10h 48' | 11h 54' | 13h 05' | 14h 04' | 14h 34' | 14h 21' | 13h 30' | 12h 22' | 11h 11' | 10h 13' | 9h 44' | 12h 00' | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 33.9 | 43.1 | 54 | 65.6 | 74 | 77.3 | 74.3 | 66 | 54.6 | 43.1 | 33.9 | 30.4 | 54.1 |
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