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Semboku, Japan Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Semboku, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

The warmest month is August, with an average high of 27°C; the coldest is February, with an average low of -7°C. A normal year brings 1573 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Semboku through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.-2002040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
21°C
Normal low
12°C
Reanalysis high
26°Cin 2016
Reanalysis low
6°Cin 2011
Chance of a wet day
49%
Daylight
12 h 03 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowWarmestColdestPrecipitationWet days
January-1°C-7°C7°C (1997)-16°C (2001)109 mm21.7
February-1°C-7°C14°C (2010)-17°C (2018)85 mm19.8
March4°C-4°C18°C (2018)-14°C (2001)93 mm15.5
April12°C1°C24°C (2015)-5°C (1999)99 mm12.0
May18°C7°C32°C (2019)-2°C (1992)115 mm12.4
June23°C12°C31°C (2014)5°C (2011)120 mm12.0
July26°C17°C36°C (2000)9°C (1993)189 mm15.5
August27°C18°C38°C (1994)9°C (1991)180 mm15.5
September23°C14°C35°C (2006)2°C (2001)153 mm15.0
October16°C7°C30°C (2019)-2°C (2016)146 mm15.5
November9°C1°C21°C (2003)-9°C (1998)144 mm18.0
December2°C-3°C14°C (2018)-13°C (2001)140 mm21.7
Year13°C5°C1573 mm195

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

1573 mm in a normal year, most in July.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Semboku, in percent.020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Semboku.

The muggiest month is August, when 69 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 18°C or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January-5°C96%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February-5°C94%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March-2°C88%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April3°C82%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May9°C81%91%9%0%0%0%0%
June14°C83%35%40%21%4%0%0%
July18°C85%1%13%34%41%11%0%
August19°C85%2%8%21%43%26%0%
September15°C86%25%27%27%17%4%0%
October9°C86%86%11%3%0%0%0%
November3°C89%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December-2°C93%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 13°C, comfortable to 16°C, humid to 18°C, muggy to 21°C, oppressive to 24°C, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is August, with the sky 71 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is December, at 84 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is February, averaging 14.4 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 18, with 14 h 59 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 20, with 9 h 21 min.

Hours of daylight at Semboku through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Semboku in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

Where no station record is within reach, the extremes shown are the highest and lowest the reanalysis produced for the date in 1991-2020, not measured records.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.