Climate Yonago Kitaro Airport / JASDF Miho Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Yonago Kitaro Airport / JASDF Miho Air Base (RJOH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.3	58	62	89	77	87
February	78.2	63	77	80	86	88
March	84.0	68	86	82	83	93
April	85.2	74	83	84	94	90
May	90.9		87	95	88	91
June	85.3		87	93	83	87
July	85.3		85	85	87	80
August	90.4		92	90	86	94
September	84.8		84	81	88	82
October	91.8		96	98	86	97
November	92.8		84	91	98	91
December	85.0		72	92	84	82
Average	84.1	65.8	83.1	88.1	86.5	88.6

22nd 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	93.8	94	91	98	89	99
February	94.2	90	98	92	96	96
March	96.3	93	98	96	97	97
April	95.1	91	96	93	97	99
May	96.7		95	98	94	98
June	97.2		98	97	98	97
July	95.7		95	97	92	99
August	97.9		99	99	92	99
September	95.6		99	96	98	95
October	97.1		100	100	91	100
November	97.8		98	96	99	97
December	97.5		96	98	97	96
Average	95.8	91.7	97.0	96.6	94.9	97.6

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	8.5	9	8	8	7	11
February	9.4	10	9	8	12	11
March	13.9	12	16	14	15	14
April	18.4	20	18	19	19	17
May	23.2		23	24	23	23
June	25.8		26	27	26	27
July	29.8		31	31	30	27
August	31.6		34	32	30	33
September	27.0		29	27	27	27
October	21.7		22	21	23	21
November	17.0		17	19	17	18
December	10.7		12	10	11	10
Average	19.0	12.8	20.4	20.3	19.9	19.8

35th 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	2.2	3	2	1	2	5
February	2.2	4	2	1	3	3
March	5.2	5	6	6	6	6
April	9.4	11	10	10	9	7
May	14.2		14	14	15	14
June	18.7		20	20	19	19
July	23.8		25	25	23	22
August	24.7		26	25	24	25
September	20.8		23	21	21	20
October	14.2		14	13	14	13
November	8.7		9	9	8	9
December	4.2		5	4	4	4
Average	11.6	5.7	12.9	12.6	12.3	12.4

31st 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	41.7	43	40	40	45	37
February	34.7	42	30	43	18	34
March	21.7	29	15	20	22	20
April	17.7	20	19	16	14	19
May	14.1		15	14	21	16
June	17.5		21	13	15	16
July	18.1		15	19	17	37
August	13.6		10	13	26	4
September	22.6		25	17	19	22
October	16.5		8	12	17	10
November	19.3		24	20	19	20
December	41.9		36	40	51	39
Average	23.6	32.8	20.7	20.9	23.1	22.2

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	9.5	9	9	8	11	10
February	9.5	10	8	11	12	9
March	10.2	11	9	10	10	11
April	10.6	9	11	10	12	12
May	9.7		9	9	10	11
June	9.0		8	11	9	10
July	8.5		8	7	8	8
August	9.3		9	10	9	9
September	9.0		8	10	8	10
October	8.5		7	8	8	8
November	8.2		10	7	9	8
December	9.3		10	10	10	9
Average	9.4	9.7	8.7	9.3	9.7	9.5

35th 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	273°	260°	269°	257°	271°
February	044°	334°	269°	260°	273°
March	327°	025°	349°	031°	321°
April	047°	002°	030°	034°	286°
May		039°	313°	263°	288°
June		280°	351°	050°	022°
July		360°	020°	031°	325°
August		081°	262°	028°	249°
September		029°	053°	045°	041°
October		306°	034°	030°	036°
November		254°	306°	244°	276°
December		251°	268°	259°	251°

Prevailing wind direction

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