Weather in Naha(Okinawa) / in 5 minutes to understand

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Today’s topic is ‘Weather in Naha city’.

In this article, I would like to introduce climate of Naha simply, with itemized style. You might learn weather in Naha city in Okinawa with 5 minutes of reading.

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Weather Conditions

Naha city is located in Okinawa island in East China Sea. As it’s in southern Japan, climate is quite different from other areas. Please kindly refer to the number of days in each weather conditions, in average, based on statistics of past 30 years by JMA, as of 2020.

• Sunny day (sunshine ratio more than 40%)
  • 184.4 days in a year

• Rainy day (Rain more than 1mm)
  • 121.9 days in a year

• Snowing day (Snow/Rain can be duplicated)
  • 0.0 days in a year

• Snowfall Record
  • In a day : No record
  • Total: No record

• Rainy Season
  • Start : Around 9th. May
  • End : Around 23rd. June

• Typhoon (approaching to 300 km)
  • 7.4 times in a year (May-Dec)

**JMA = Governmental office, Japan Meteorological Agency

Temperature

Naha is basically warm, even in winter, there’s no days when we see ice outside. For your easy understanding, I would like to summarize temperature in Naha city, based on statistics of JMA, as follows.

• High temperature
  • Above 30℃ : 96 days in a year (May-Nov)
  • Above 35℃ : 0.1 days in a year (Aug)

• Low temperature
  • Below 0℃ : 0.0 days in a year

• Record (Day High)
  • + 35.6 ℃ (2001/8/9)
  • + 10.6 ℃ (1901/2/12)

• Record (Day Low)
  • + 29.7 ℃ (2017/8/4)
  • + 4.9 ℃ (1918/2/20)

• Monthly average
  • High : + 19.5 ℃ (Jan) / + 31.8 ℃ (Jul)
  • Low : + 14.6 ℃ (Jan) / + 26.8 ℃ (Jul)
  • Ave : + 17.0 ℃ (Jan) / + 28.9 ℃ (Jul)

Daytime activities

Naha city is located in very south-west side of Japan, at lat 26° 12 N at long 127E. To enjoy various activities outside in Naha, length of daytime is very important factor. For the convenience of visitors, I would like to summarize it as follows:

• Summer Solstice
  • Sunrise : around 05:38
  • Sunset : around 19:25
  • Daytime : around 13h50min

• Winter Solstice
  • Sunrise : around 07:12
  • Sunset : around 17:43
  • Daytime : around 10h30min

• Spring Equinox
  • Sunrise : around 06:33
  • Sunset : around 18:41

• Autumn Equinox
  • Sunrise : around 06:18
  • Sunset : around 18:26

** Data by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Biological information

Climate of Naha is different from other area in Japan. Following biological data is based on observation by JMA. Please refer it as benchmarks to find season in Naha.

• Sakura (Different cultivar from other area)
  • Opening
    • Average : 18th. Jan
    • Earliest : 28th. December (2012)
    • Latest : 8th. February (1995)
  • Full blossom
    • Average : 4th. February
    • Earliest : 23rd. January (2013)
    • Latest : 19th. February (1980)

• Cicada shrills (Different species fm other area)
  • First shrills
    • Average : 8th. June
    • Earliest : 23rd. May (2002)
    • Latest : 28th. June (1978)

• Japanese silver grass
  • Opening
    • Average : No Data
    • Earliest : No Data
    • Latest : No Data

• Ginkgo tree
  • Fallen leaves
    • Average : No Data
    • Earliest : No Data
    • Latest : No Data

Postscript

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Okinawa is very beautiful resort in Japan and Naha is the largest city in this area. I hope this article could assist you to learn climate in Naha, to enjoy staying there.

In the end, thank you very much for your reading and see you again !