Weather in Sapporo, in 5 minutes to understand

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

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

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Weather Conditions

Sapporo is the largest city in northern part of Japan. Specific point is that there is no rainy season. 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%)
  • 172.2 days in a year

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

• Snowing day (Snow/Rain can be duplicated)
  • 125.9 days in a year (Oct-May)

• Snowfall Record
  • In a day : 63 cm (1970/1/31)
  • Total: 169 cm (1939/2/13)

• Rainy Season
  • Start : No rainy season in Sapporo
  • End : No rainy season in Sapporo

• Typhoon (approaching to 300 km)
  • 1.8 times in a year (Jun-Oct)

**JMA = Governmental office, Japan Meteorological Agency

Temperature

Winter in Sapporo is severely cold, compare with other cities in Japan. For your easy understanding, I would like to summarize temperature in Sapporo city, based on statistics of JMA, as follows.

• High temperature
  • Above 30℃ : 8.0 days in a year (Jun-Sep)
  • Above 35℃ : 0.1 days in a year (Aug)

• Low temperature
  • Below 0℃ : 124.8 days in a year (Nov-Apr)

• Record (Day High)
  • + 36.2 ℃ (1994/8/7)
  • – 11.7 ℃ (1937/12/27)

• Record (Day Low)
  • + 27.4℃ (2019/7/30)
  • – 28.5 ℃ (1929/2/1)

• Monthly average
  • High : – 0.6 ℃ (Jan) / + 26.4 ℃ (Aug)
  • Low : – 7.0 ℃ (Feb) / + 19.1 ℃ (Aug)
  • Ave : – 3.6 ℃ (Jan) / + 22.3 ℃ (Aug)

Daytime activities

Sapporo city is located at lat 43°03’N at long 141E. To enjoy various activities outside in Sapporo, length of daytime is very important factor. For the convenience of visitors, I would like to summarize it as follows:

• Summer Solstice
  • Sunrise : around 03:55
  • Sunset : around 19:17
  • Daytime : around 15h20min

• Winter Solstice
  • Sunrise : around 07:03
  • Sunset : around 16:03
  • Daytime : around 9h00min

• Spring Equinox
  • Sunrise : around 05:38
  • Sunset : around 17:47

• Autumn Equinox
  • Sunrise : around 05:22
  • Sunset : around 17:32

** Data by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Biological information

Sapporo is a city with beautiful scenery in each season. Following biological data is based on observation by JMA. Please refer it as benchmarks to find season in Sapporo.

• Sakura (Winter >> Spring)
  • Opening
    • Average : 3rd. May
    • Earliest : 28th. Apr (2008)
    • Latest : 15th.May (1980)
  • Full blossom
    • Average : 7th. May
    • Earliest : 25th. April (2008)
    • Latest : 21st. May (1984)

• Cicada shrills (Rainy season >> Summer)
  • First shrills of brown cicada
    • Average : 28th. July
    • Earliest : 7th. July (1958)
    • Latest : 27th. August (1998)

• Japanese silver grass (Summer >> Autumn)
  • Opening
    • Average : No data
    • Earliest : 7th. September (1972)
    • Latest : 11th. September (1975)

• Ginkgo tree (Autumn >> Winter)
  • Fallen leaves
    • Average : 11th. November
    • Earliest : 30th. October (1969)
    • Latest : 19th. November (1998)

Postscript

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As there’s no rainy season, fine weather is expected in spring and summer, while severe weather is expected in winter. I hope this article could assist you to learn climate in Sapporo.

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