Shirakawa climate

Shirakawa Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 5°C on January 1 to 4°C on January 31, and lows from -3°C to -4°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 mm over about 9 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Shirakawa, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
4°C
Average low
-3°C
Precipitation
59 mm
Record high
18°CJan 22, 1988
Record low
-11°CJan 10, 1952
Daylight
9 h 39 min to 10 h 19 min
Cloud cover
62%
Humidity
85%
Dew point
-3°C
Wind
10.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Jan 15°C-3°C13°C 1972-8°C 197729%
Jan 25°C-3°C13°C 1973-6°C 196329%
Jan 35°C-3°C11°C 1976-8°C 195329%
Jan 45°C-3°C13°C 1960-8°C 195827%
Jan 55°C-3°C16°C 1960-9°C 197727%
Jan 65°C-3°C10°C 1968-7°C 197526%
Jan 74°C-3°C12°C 1958-8°C 197225%
Jan 84°C-3°C17°C 1979-9°C 198426%
Jan 94°C-3°C16°C 1958-9°C 195527%
Jan 104°C-3°C17°C 1979-11°C 195227%
Jan 114°C-3°C11°C 1953-10°C 196727%
Jan 124°C-3°C11°C 1951-8°C 195526%
Jan 134°C-3°C16°C 1964-7°C 196126%
Jan 144°C-3°C12°C 1988-9°C 198127%
Jan 154°C-3°C15°C 1988-10°C 195127%
Jan 164°C-3°C10°C 1987-10°C 195127%
Jan 174°C-4°C14°C 1987-9°C 195527%
Jan 184°C-4°C10°C 1969-8°C 195826%
Jan 194°C-4°C13°C 1969-8°C 198526%
Jan 204°C-4°C12°C 2025-8°C 197026%
Jan 214°C-4°C10°C 1952-8°C 198426%
Jan 224°C-4°C18°C 1988-7°C 197627%
Jan 234°C-4°C13°C 1969-9°C 197726%
Jan 244°C-4°C13°C 1973-7°C 197625%
Jan 254°C-4°C14°C 1959-9°C 196326%
Jan 264°C-4°C13°C 1979-9°C 195626%
Jan 274°C-4°C15°C 1969-7°C 196326%
Jan 284°C-4°C12°C 1983-9°C 195526%
Jan 294°C-4°C14°C 1983-8°C 197424%
Jan 304°C-4°C16°C 1957-8°C 197824%
Jan 314°C-4°C12°C 1989-7°C 197424%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Shirakawa, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9).

January 1
sunrise 6:53 AM, sunset 4:32 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:43 AM, sunset 5:02 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station JA000047595, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.