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Minami-Sōma, Japan Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Minami-Sōma, 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 26°C; the coldest is February, with an average low of 3°C. A normal year brings 1385 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Minami-Sōma through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

Normals for Sep 29

Normal high
21°C
Normal low
18°C
Reanalysis high
24°Cin 1999
Reanalysis low
14°Cin 2001
Chance of a wet day
47%
Daylight
11 h 54 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
January7°C3°C17°C (2000)-3°C (2018)71 mm9.3
February7°C3°C16°C (1993)-3°C (1996)57 mm8.5
March9°C4°C18°C (2018)-1°C (2011)96 mm12.4
April13°C8°C22°C (2018)2°C (2012)108 mm12.0
May17°C13°C26°C (2019)4°C (1992)121 mm12.4
June21°C17°C28°C (2005)10°C (2011)132 mm15.0
July24°C21°C31°C (2018)15°C (1993)171 mm18.6
August26°C23°C32°C (1994)18°C (2006)133 mm15.5
September23°C20°C30°C (2000)14°C (2001)171 mm15.0
October19°C16°C26°C (2018)9°C (2004)167 mm12.4
November14°C10°C21°C (2010)4°C (1992)87 mm12.0
December10°C6°C21°C (2004)-1°C (2002)71 mm12.4
Year16°C12°C1385 mm156

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.

1385 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 Minami-Sōma, in percent.020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

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

The muggiest month is August, when 94 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 18°C or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January1°C77%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February0°C76%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March3°C75%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April7°C78%95%5%0%0%0%0%
May12°C82%57%35%8%0%0%0%
June16°C87%7%29%46%18%1%0%
July20°C89%0%2%17%42%39%0%
August22°C87%0%0%6%25%62%7%
September19°C84%3%13%24%33%24%3%
October13°C79%44%28%22%6%0%0%
November9°C78%89%9%2%0%0%0%
December4°C78%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 December, with the sky 63 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is June, at 83 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 January, averaging 23.4 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 19, with 14 h 47 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 9 h 34 min.

Hours of daylight at Minami-Sōma 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 Minami-Sōma 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.