Urakawa, Hokkaido
Urakawa (浦河町, Urakawa-chō) is a town located in Hidaka Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 12,800 and a density of 18 persons per km². The total area is 694.24 km².
Climate
Urakawa has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with warm summers and cold winters. Owing to its slightly more southerly latitude, easterly aspect and location on the sea, snowfall is much lighter than in the major cities of western Hokkaido like Sapporo, Hakodate, Asahikawa and Wakkanai, with the most in one month being 0.98 metres (38.6 in) in January 1969.[1] Precipitation in heaviest in the summer months when remnant typhoons may approach; the heaviest daily rainfall being 190.0 millimetres (7.48 in) on 5 August 1981 and the wettest month being 429.5 millimetres (16.91 in) in August 1995. The driest month has been 2.5 millimetres (0.10 in) in February 2003. Year-round sunshine, although less than in the Tokachi Plain, is also higher than western Hokkaido, with the dullest month being 48.0 hours in August 1941 and the sunniest, in April 2014, being 288.0 hours, which beats the previous record of 271.6 hours in May 1957.
| Climate data for Urakawa (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.9 (51.6) |
10.9 (51.6) |
16.5 (61.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.9 (84.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
29.9 (85.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.7 (33.3) |
0.9 (33.6) |
3.9 (39.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
16.4 (61.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
3.6 (38.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
0.5 (32.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
9.3 (48.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
19.9 (67.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
5.9 (42.6) |
0.2 (32.4) |
8.0 (46.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
1.6 (34.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
10.3 (50.5) |
14.8 (58.6) |
17.4 (63.3) |
13.9 (57.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−3 (27) |
4.7 (40.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.5 (4.1) |
−14.8 (5.4) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
6.5 (43.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 36.9 (1.45) |
24.4 (0.96) |
49.1 (1.93) |
75.6 (2.98) |
121.2 (4.77) |
88.3 (3.48) |
145.5 (5.73) |
159.9 (6.30) |
140.9 (5.55) |
99.3 (3.91) |
80.7 (3.18) |
50.5 (1.99) |
1,072.3 (42.23) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 48 (19) |
37 (15) |
22 (8.7) |
2 (0.8) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
6 (2.4) |
32 (13) |
147 (58.9) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.5 mm) | 12.2 | 8.8 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 139.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 65 | 67 | 71 | 77 | 83 | 89 | 91 | 89 | 83 | 74 | 68 | 64 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 139.5 | 162.3 | 194.2 | 185.7 | 189.3 | 145.6 | 109.5 | 137.5 | 159.5 | 174.9 | 122.1 | 114.1 | 1,834.2 |
| Source 1: Japan Meteorological Agency (precipitation)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Japan Meteorological Agency[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Japan Meteorological Agency; 観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）
- ^ "浦河 平年値（年・月ごとの値） 詳細（気圧・降水量）". Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
- ^ "浦河 平年値（年・月ごとの値） 主な要素". Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
External links
Media related to Urakawa, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons- Official Website (in Japanese)
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