Kagoshima

Kokubu-matsuki, Japan Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Kokubu-matsuki, 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 29°C; the coldest is January, with an average low of 4°C. A normal year brings 2510 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Kokubu-matsuki 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 25

Normal high
26°C
Normal low
21°C
Reanalysis high
30°Cin 2013
Reanalysis low
16°Cin 1994
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
January12°C4°C21°C (1991)-3°C (2016)81 mm9.3
February13°C5°C23°C (2010)-2°C (2012)110 mm11.3
March16°C9°C24°C (1999)0°C (2016)164 mm12.4
April20°C13°C26°C (2004)3°C (1993)198 mm12.0
May23°C17°C29°C (2008)10°C (1991)217 mm12.4
June25°C21°C30°C (1994)15°C (2009)537 mm21.0
July29°C25°C34°C (2007)19°C (1992)350 mm18.6
August29°C25°C33°C (2020)19°C (2002)233 mm18.6
September27°C23°C33°C (1995)14°C (1997)270 mm15.0
October24°C18°C30°C (2016)5°C (1997)149 mm12.4
November19°C12°C27°C (2000)2°C (1992)114 mm9.0
December14°C7°C24°C (1992)-3°C (2005)87 mm9.3
Year21°C15°C2510 mm161

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.

2510 mm in a normal year, most in June.

Chance of a wet day

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

Humidity and comfort

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

The muggiest month is July, when 100 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 18°C or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January5°C80%96%3%0%0%0%0%
February6°C78%92%7%1%0%0%0%
March8°C77%83%13%4%0%0%0%
April12°C77%54%25%16%5%0%0%
May16°C80%15%26%34%21%5%0%
June21°C86%0%2%17%35%35%10%
July24°C86%0%0%0%3%35%62%
August24°C84%0%0%0%2%31%66%
September22°C82%0%2%10%23%43%22%
October17°C79%13%23%32%21%11%1%
November12°C79%58%21%15%5%1%0%
December7°C80%92%6%2%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 58 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 February, averaging 20.2 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 22, with 14 h 14 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 19, with 10 h 04 min.

Hours of daylight at Kokubu-matsuki 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 Kokubu-matsuki 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.