Kagoshima

Ōkuchi-shinohara, Japan Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Ōkuchi-shinohara, 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 30°C; the coldest is January, with an average low of 2°C. A normal year brings 2386 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Ōkuchi-shinohara 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
18°C
Reanalysis high
29°Cin 2016
Reanalysis low
12°Cin 1994
Chance of a wet day
47%
Daylight
12 h 04 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
January10°C2°C19°C (1998)-5°C (2016)74 mm9.3
February11°C2°C21°C (2010)-6°C (2012)102 mm8.5
March15°C5°C23°C (2007)-3°C (2011)155 mm12.4
April19°C9°C27°C (1998)-1°C (1993)183 mm12.0
May23°C14°C30°C (2014)6°C (1991)208 mm12.4
June26°C19°C31°C (1992)12°C (2009)498 mm18.0
July29°C22°C36°C (2010)16°C (1992)369 mm18.6
August30°C23°C36°C (2020)15°C (2002)229 mm18.6
September27°C20°C33°C (2003)11°C (1995)252 mm15.0
October23°C14°C30°C (2017)2°C (1997)127 mm9.3
November17°C9°C26°C (2003)-1°C (1992)105 mm9.0
December12°C4°C22°C (2018)-5°C (2005)84 mm9.3
Year20°C12°C2386 mm152

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.

2386 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 Ōkuchi-shinohara, in percent.020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

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

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
January2°C83%99%1%0%0%0%0%
February3°C81%97%2%0%0%0%0%
March6°C80%92%7%1%0%0%0%
April10°C79%71%19%9%2%0%0%
May15°C81%30%34%24%12%1%0%
June19°C86%1%9%31%31%28%0%
July23°C86%0%0%0%12%74%14%
August23°C85%0%0%1%8%73%18%
September20°C84%1%7%17%30%42%2%
October15°C82%30%30%22%13%4%0%
November10°C83%75%16%7%2%0%0%
December4°C83%97%3%1%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 October, with the sky 55 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is June, at 81 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 12.6 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 16, with 14 h 15 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 10 h 03 min.

Hours of daylight at Ōkuchi-shinohara 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 Ōkuchi-shinohara 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.