Nakashibetsu Airport

RJCN · Hokkaido, Japan

Climate Nakashibetsu Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nakashibetsu Airport (RJCN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.5 71 85 73 78 72
February 82.9 84 78 80 84 75
March 80.2 84 80 71 81 76
April 79.8 68 72 84 84 75
May 74.8 83 72 66 71
June 55.8 54 48 65 47
July 46.3 58 43 50 38
August 46.1 40 44 53 58
September 73.4 66 69 73 65
October 80.5 74 83 89 86
November 86.6 79 91 75 89
December 85.3 80 92 86 91
Average 71.9 76.6 69.6 68.4 72.4 68.7

68th best VFR conditions of Japan

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.7 81 94 81 84 84
February 88.9 89 86 84 90 85
March 88.0 92 87 82 90 82
April 89.1 83 84 91 90 90
May 86.9 94 80 79 87
June 75.6 75 69 86 63
July 70.8 78 56 77 69
August 68.2 66 67 69 79
September 87.9 87 88 86 83
October 92.5 91 95 99 95
November 93.4 90 97 86 95
December 90.3 88 96 92 95
Average 84.4 86.3 84.3 80.5 85.0 82.8

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -3.5 -2 -4 -2 -3 -2
February -2.1 -2 -2 -2 -1 -2
March 3.6 2 6 3 5 4
April 10.8 13 11 12 11 9
May 16.6 17 18 15 16
June 18.3 20 17 20 19
July 22.6 25 22 24 21
August 22.1 25 23 22 24
September 20.9 24 22 19 20
October 15.1 16 15 15 16
November 8.5 10 10 9 9
December 0.8 1 1 2 1
Average 10.3 2.9 12.5 11.8 11.5 11.1

74th highest temperature of Japan

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -8.1 -7 -10 -7 -10 -6
February -7.4 -6 -8 -6 -6 -6
March -1.4 -2 1 0 1 0
April 4.9 7 6 5 5 4
May 10.2 11 11 9 9
June 13.2 16 12 14 14
July 17.7 20 18 19 16
August 18.0 21 19 17 19
September 15.8 18 17 14 16
October 9.2 10 9 9 10
November 2.6 4 3 4 3
December -6.5 -5 -5 -4 -6
Average 5.0 -3.9 7.0 6.6 6.0 5.9

8th lowest temperature of Japan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 27.3 30 18 35 24 33
February 23.0 20 27 33 19 29
March 19.9 18 12 27 18 26
April 17.2 26 23 8 18 21
May 18.3 12 17 31 19
June 17.2 10 21 8 29
July 19.4 14 25 15 23
August 27.2 30 28 28 17
September 17.3 15 18 17 22
October 15.8 21 11 16 13
November 14.3 9 14 25 15
December 15.1 17 11 17 11
Average 19.9 23.4 17.4 20.9 19.7 21.6

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.8 7 7 7 7 8
February 7.2 8 6 7 8 7
March 8.2 9 8 8 9 9
April 9.1 8 9 9 10 9
May 8.8 9 9 8 9
June 7.4 7 7 8 7
July 6.5 6 6 7 6
August 6.9 8 7 7 7
September 7.0 6 7 7 8
October 7.3 7 8 7 7
November 7.7 9 7 8 8
December 7.6 7 8 8 8
Average 7.6 7.8 7.5 7.5 7.8 7.6

74th highest wind speed of Japan

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 314° 274° 300° 285° 315°
February 331° 283° 310° 259° 348°
March 324° 203° 282° 288° 290°
April 181° 283° 247° 298° 273°
May 159° 200° 012° 021°
June 223° 093° 090° 076°
July 121° 055° 162° 104°
August 174° 172° 083° 140°
September 193° 176° 181° 110°
October 253° 218° 218° 219°
November 250° 250° 247° 259°
December 266° 240° 243° 271°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.