Sendai climate

Sendai Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Sendai, 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 -1°C to -2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 mm over about 16 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Sendai, in °C, with the record for each date.-10-5051015151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
4°C
Average low
-2°C
Precipitation
71 mm
Reanalysis high
13°CJan 1, 1997
Reanalysis low
-8°CJan 18, 2013
Daylight
9 h 34 min to 10 h 14 min
Cloud cover
64%
Humidity
84%
Dew point
-2°C
Wind
21.2 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 15°C-1°C13°C 1997-6°C 200356%
Jan 25°C-1°C9°C 1997-5°C 200557%
Jan 35°C-1°C11°C 2016-4°C 200357%
Jan 45°C-1°C10°C 1998-4°C 201356%
Jan 54°C-1°C8°C 2000-6°C 200655%
Jan 64°C-1°C11°C 2000-7°C 200654%
Jan 74°C-1°C12°C 2000-6°C 200154%
Jan 84°C-1°C9°C 2020-6°C 200654%
Jan 94°C-1°C11°C 1995-7°C 200654%
Jan 104°C-1°C10°C 2000-5°C 201153%
Jan 114°C-2°C8°C 1992-6°C 201151%
Jan 124°C-2°C8°C 2002-7°C 201250%
Jan 134°C-2°C10°C 2000-6°C 201150%
Jan 144°C-2°C10°C 2000-6°C 200150%
Jan 154°C-2°C11°C 1996-7°C 201350%
Jan 164°C-2°C7°C 2007-7°C 201349%
Jan 174°C-2°C8°C 1994-7°C 201347%
Jan 184°C-2°C10°C 1998-8°C 201347%
Jan 194°C-2°C7°C 1999-6°C 200146%
Jan 204°C-2°C8°C 2010-5°C 200647%
Jan 214°C-2°C13°C 2002-6°C 199546%
Jan 224°C-2°C8°C 2002-5°C 200846%
Jan 234°C-2°C12°C 2009-6°C 200647%
Jan 244°C-2°C9°C 2020-7°C 201847%
Jan 254°C-2°C8°C 1991-6°C 201848%
Jan 264°C-2°C8°C 1999-7°C 201848%
Jan 274°C-2°C9°C 2007-7°C 201849%
Jan 284°C-2°C9°C 2010-7°C 201248%
Jan 294°C-2°C9°C 2009-7°C 201247%
Jan 304°C-2°C9°C 2020-7°C 201246%
Jan 314°C-2°C9°C 2007-7°C 201246%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Sendai, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 6:53 AM, sunset 4:27 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:43 AM, sunset 4:57 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

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.