Weather in Sendai, in 5 minutes to understand

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This is shinta_in_japan.
Today’s topic is ‘Weather in Sendai city’.

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

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Weather Conditions

Sendai is the largest city in ‘Tohoku’ area. 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%)
  • 192.1 days in a year

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

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

• Snowfall Record
  • In a day : 35 cm (1974/2/8)
  • Total: 41 cm (1936/2/6)

• Rainy Season
  • Start : Around 12th. June
  • End : Around 25th. July

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

**JMA = Governmental office, Japan Meteorological Agency

Temperature

Sendai is in northern Japan. Compare with Tokyo, temperature is low. For your easy understanding, I would like to summarize temperature in Sendai city, based on statistics of JMA, as follows.

• High temperature
  • Above 30℃ : 17.9 days in a year (May-Sep)
  • Above 35℃ : 0.6 days in a year (Jul-Sep)

• Low temperature
  • Below 0℃ : 70.3 days in a year (Nov-Apr)

• Record (Day High)
  • + 37.3 ℃ (2018/8/1)
  • – 4.9 ℃ (1931/1/11)

• Record (Day Low)
  • + 27.4 ℃ (2001/7/24)
  • – 11.7 ℃ (1945/1/26)

• Monthly average
  • High : + 5.3 ℃ (Jan) / + 27.9 ℃ (Aug)
  • Low : – 1.7 ℃ (Jan) / + 21.4 ℃ (Aug)
  • Ave : + 1.6 ℃ (Jan) / + 24.2 ℃ (Aug)

Daytime activities

Sendai city is located at lat 38° 16 N at long 140E. To enjoy various activities outside in Sendai, length of daytime is very important factor. For the convenience of visitors, I would like to summarize it as follows:

• Summer Solstice
  • Sunrise : around 04:13
  • Sunset : around 19:13
  • Daytime : around 15h00min

• Winter Solstice
  • Sunrise : around 06:49
  • Sunset : around 16:20
  • Daytime : around 9h30min

• Spring Equinox
  • Sunrise : around 05:40
  • Sunset : around 17:49

• Autumn Equinox
  • Sunrise : around 05:24
  • Sunset : around 17:34

** Data by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Biological information

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

• Sakura (Winter >> Spring)
  • Opening
    • Average : 11th. April
    • Earliest : 29th. March (2002)
    • Latest : 28th. April (1984)
  • Full blossom
    • Average : 16th. April
    • Earliest : 3rd. April (2002)
    • Latest : 3rd. May (1984)

• Cicada shrills (Rainy season >> Summer)
  • First shrills of brown cicada
    • Average : 20th. July
    • Earliest : 2nd. July (2004)
    • Latest : 14th. August (1975)

• Japanese silver grass (Summer >> Autumn)
  • Opening
    • Average : 12th. August
    • Earliest : 19th. July (2018)
    • Latest : 20th. September (1975)

• Ginkgo tree (Autumn >> Winter)
  • Fallen leaves
    • Average : 1st. December
    • Earliest : 10th. November (1971)
    • Latest : 14th. December (2019)

Postscript

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It takes only 1.5 hours from Tokyo to Sendai by Shinkansen. However, climate is slightly different. I hope this article could assist you to learn climate in Sendai, to enjoy staying there.

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