Tsuruoka climate

Tsuruoka Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 1°C on January 1 to -1°C on January 31, and lows from -3°C to -5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 130 mm over about 25 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Tsuruoka, in °C, with the record for each date.-15-10-5051015151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
0°C
Average low
-5°C
Precipitation
130 mm
Reanalysis high
10°CJan 1, 1991
Reanalysis low
-13°CJan 15, 2018
Daylight
9 h 31 min to 10 h 13 min
Cloud cover
77%
Humidity
94%
Dew point
-3°C
Wind
16.2 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 11°C-3°C10°C 1991-9°C 201280%
Jan 21°C-4°C6°C 1991-11°C 199681%
Jan 31°C-4°C6°C 2016-10°C 199682%
Jan 40°C-4°C5°C 1998-9°C 201282%
Jan 50°C-4°C4°C 2007-9°C 201382%
Jan 60°C-4°C6°C 2000-9°C 201382%
Jan 70°C-4°C7°C 2000-11°C 200281%
Jan 80°C-4°C4°C 2020-9°C 201881%
Jan 90°C-4°C7°C 1995-11°C 200181%
Jan 100°C-4°C4°C 2020-9°C 200680%
Jan 110°C-4°C4°C 2020-10°C 200179%
Jan 120°C-5°C4°C 1992-9°C 201177%
Jan 130°C-5°C4°C 2000-10°C 200376%
Jan 140°C-5°C4°C 2000-12°C 201875%
Jan 150°C-5°C5°C 1996-13°C 201876%
Jan 160°C-5°C3°C 1992-9°C 201176%
Jan 170°C-5°C3°C 1992-10°C 199575%
Jan 18-1°C-5°C2°C 2018-8°C 201574%
Jan 19-1°C-5°C3°C 2000-8°C 199673%
Jan 20-1°C-5°C3°C 2010-12°C 200174%
Jan 21-1°C-5°C8°C 2002-8°C 200875%
Jan 22-1°C-5°C4°C 2002-10°C 199774%
Jan 230°C-5°C7°C 2009-10°C 200674%
Jan 24-1°C-5°C4°C 2020-11°C 201875%
Jan 25-1°C-5°C4°C 1999-10°C 201276%
Jan 26-1°C-5°C3°C 2007-10°C 201276%
Jan 27-1°C-5°C3°C 2007-8°C 201277%
Jan 28-1°C-5°C4°C 2014-10°C 200978%
Jan 29-1°C-5°C6°C 2009-11°C 200577%
Jan 30-1°C-5°C7°C 2014-9°C 199876%
Jan 31-1°C-5°C4°C 2007-9°C 199675%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Tsuruoka, in percent.0204060801001102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 6:59 AM, sunset 4:30 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 5:01 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.