Shirakawa climate

Shirakawa Weather in March

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 7°C on March 1 to 12°C on March 31, and lows from -2°C to 1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 90 mm over about 12 wet days.

March 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.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

March at a glance

Average high
9°C
Average low
-1°C
Precipitation
90 mm
Record high
25°CMar 27, 1954
Record low
-9°CMar 6, 1970
Daylight
11 h 22 min to 12 h 33 min
Cloud cover
65%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
0°C
Wind
10.8 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
Mar 17°C-2°C19°C 1966-7°C 198431%
Mar 27°C-2°C19°C 1961-7°C 198431%
Mar 37°C-2°C20°C 1966-8°C 197031%
Mar 47°C-2°C18°C 1989-5°C 196932%
Mar 57°C-2°C17°C 1959-6°C 197032%
Mar 67°C-2°C15°C 1960-9°C 197032%
Mar 77°C-2°C19°C 1953-6°C 197132%
Mar 88°C-2°C18°C 1977-6°C 195832%
Mar 98°C-2°C19°C 1977-5°C 195432%
Mar 108°C-2°C16°C 1953-7°C 197133%
Mar 118°C-1°C17°C 1976-5°C 195634%
Mar 128°C-1°C18°C 2025-5°C 198134%
Mar 139°C-1°C21°C 1955-5°C 197133%
Mar 149°C-1°C21°C 1988-7°C 196332%
Mar 159°C-1°C19°C 1956-6°C 198433%
Mar 169°C-1°C19°C 1958-5°C 198533%
Mar 179°C-1°C24°C 1956-3°C 197034%
Mar 189°C-1°C21°C 1951-5°C 195435%
Mar 1910°C-1°C19°C 1981-3°C 197336%
Mar 2010°C-1°C21°C 1963-3°C 197036%
Mar 2110°C-1°C21°C 1968-4°C 195237%
Mar 2210°C0°C20°C 2025-4°C 196137%
Mar 2310°C0°C19°C 1958-5°C 196037%
Mar 2411°C0°C18°C 2025-5°C 198437%
Mar 2511°C0°C22°C 2025-3°C 196937%
Mar 2611°C0°C21°C 1969-4°C 197638%
Mar 2711°C0°C25°C 1954-4°C 197038%
Mar 2811°C0°C23°C 2025-3°C 198238%
Mar 2911°C0°C21°C 1971-3°C 195838%
Mar 3012°C1°C22°C 1959-3°C 195838%
Mar 3112°C1°C22°C 1963-4°C 196539%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Shirakawa, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

March 1
sunrise 6:11 AM, sunset 5:33 PM
March 31
sunrise 5:27 AM, sunset 6:00 PM

Every day of March: 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.