Station Name: Kutchan WMO Station Number: 47433 National I.D. Number: Country: JAPAN WMO Region: REGION II - ASIA Latitude: 42d 54m N Longitude: 140d 45m E Elevation: 174 m In the following tables, byr = beginning year of normals or extremes data period eyr = ending year of normals or extremes data period NA = Not Applicable, data not submitted or not computed * = value > 0 but < units resolution Ann-NCDC = annual value computed by NCDC from monthly values provided by Members ========================================================== The normals data and climate variable descriptions are presented in these tables as provided by the WMO Member country. ========================================================== Element 01: Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV Month -------------------------- Jan -6.3 1.4 Feb -6.1 1.6 Mar -2.1 1.3 Apr 4.1 1.3 May 10.4 .8 Jun 14.9 1.0 Jul 19.1 1.3 Aug 20.4 1.2 Sep 15.3 .9 Oct 8.6 1.0 Nov 2.3 1.2 Dec -3.3 1.5 Annual 6.5 .5 Ann-NCDC 6.4 NA -------------------------- Element 02: Maximum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value ------------------------------------------ byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MIN_MLY MAX_MLY Month ------------------------------------------ Jan -2.5 1.4 -5.6 .0 Feb -1.8 1.4 -5.1 .8 Mar 2.1 1.3 -1.2 4.9 Apr 8.9 1.5 6.5 12.4 May 16.1 1.1 13.5 18.2 Jun 20.1 1.2 17.0 22.3 Jul 23.8 1.4 21.3 26.7 Aug 25.1 1.4 22.2 28.1 Sep 20.8 .9 19.6 23.7 Oct 14.2 1.2 12.3 16.7 Nov 6.4 1.6 2.6 9.8 Dec .1 1.6 -3.7 3.3 Annual 11.1 .6 9.9 12.8 Ann-NCDC 11.1 NA NA NA ------------------------------------------ Element 03: Minimum Dry Bulb Temperature (deg C) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value ------------------------------------------ byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MIN_MLY MAX_MLY Month ------------------------------------------ Jan -11.3 1.6 -15.1 -8.8 Feb -11.5 2.2 -16.7 -7.5 Mar -7.0 1.7 -10.4 -2.9 Apr -.8 1.3 -3.6 2.0 May 4.8 .9 3.6 7.3 Jun 10.2 1.2 7.7 12.5 Jul 15.2 1.4 12.4 18.5 Aug 16.3 1.3 12.5 18.3 Sep 10.1 1.4 7.8 13.2 Oct 3.0 1.2 1.2 5.6 Nov -1.8 1.0 -4.3 .6 Dec -7.4 1.7 -10.7 -3.9 Annual 1.7 .6 .9 3.3 Ann-NCDC 1.7 NA NA NA ------------------------------------------ Element 06: Precipitation (mm) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value QUIN20% (Statistic 22): First Quintile QUIN40% (Statistic 23): Second Quintile QUIN60% (Statistic 24): Third Quintile QUIN80% (Statistic 25): Fourth Quintile MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value ------------------------------------------------------------------ byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEANMLY MIN_MLY QUIN20% QUIN40% QUIN60% QUIN80% MAX_MLY Month ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan 205.0 80.5 148.3 190.2 226.0 258.2 295.0 Feb 149.2 56.0 120.7 137.7 155.0 172.7 272.5 Mar 102.1 51.7 72.5 82.8 108.0 126.0 228.0 Apr 77.1 27.5 42.5 59.7 88.5 108.6 145.0 May 72.2 29.0 41.5 65.5 74.4 94.4 143.2 Jun 67.9 7.5 32.0 61.7 77.2 100.7 121.0 Jul 93.6 22.5 44.2 76.0 89.7 131.9 322.7 Aug 147.9 25.5 61.2 98.0 142.9 195.5 542.6 Sep 142.8 65.5 88.0 126.5 150.0 179.0 352.2 Oct 143.3 23.0 100.2 121.2 155.5 184.0 251.0 Nov 181.5 88.5 145.0 170.9 194.0 212.2 277.0 Dec 202.5 108.5 169.0 188.8 208.1 234.2 356.5 Annual 1585.3 1082.0 1374.5 1482.7 1611.2 1791.1 2068.5 Ann-NCDC 1585.1 NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 09: Snowfall (cm) MNDLYMX (Statistic 09): Mean Daily Maximum Value MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value MIN_MLY (Statistic 20): Minimum Monthly Value MAX_MLY (Statistic 26): Maximum Monthly Value ------------------------------------------ byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MNDLYMX MEANMLY MIN_MLY MAX_MLY Month ------------------------------------------ Jan 44 410 151 601 Feb 38 278 104 528 Mar 27 138 49 346 Apr 10 18 * 88 May * * 0 * Jun 0 0 0 0 Jul 0 0 0 0 Aug 0 0 0 0 Sep 0 0 0 0 Oct 3 4 0 37 Nov 29 120 16 274 Dec 40 333 171 587 Annual 50 1301 792 2019 Ann-NCDC NA 1301.0 NA NA ------------------------------------------ Element 10: Snow Depth (cm) MAX_VAL (Statistic 04): Maximum Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 162 Feb 193 Mar 180 Apr 113 May 2 Jun 0 Jul 0 Aug 0 Sep 0 Oct 2 Nov 41 Dec 98 Annual 200 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 11: Relative Humidity (%) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value MN03LST (Statistic 73): Mean of Observations at 0300 LST MN09LST (Statistic 79): Mean of Observations at 0900 LST MN15LST (Statistic 85): Mean of Observations at 1500 LST MN21LST (Statistic 91): Mean of Observations at 2100 LST ---------------------------------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV MN03LST MN09LST MN15LST MN21LST Month ---------------------------------------------------------- Jan 82 2 84 84 76 83 Feb 80 2 83 82 73 82 Mar 76 3 83 75 68 79 Apr 72 3 82 68 61 77 May 72 3 85 65 59 77 Jun 78 3 89 72 67 84 Jul 81 3 90 77 72 86 Aug 82 3 90 77 71 87 Sep 80 3 90 76 66 86 Oct 78 2 87 76 63 83 Nov 78 3 82 79 70 81 Dec 81 3 84 82 76 82 Annual 78 2 86 76 68 82 Ann-NCDC 78.3 NA 85.8 76.1 68.5 82.3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Element 12: Sea Level Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV Month -------------------------- Jan 1013.1 3.8 Feb 1014.3 3.0 Mar 1014.0 2.5 Apr 1014.4 2.7 May 1010.9 1.6 Jun 1009.6 1.6 Jul 1008.8 1.7 Aug 1009.4 1.5 Sep 1013.3 1.4 Oct 1016.3 2.0 Nov 1016.5 2.4 Dec 1014.6 2.3 Annual 1012.9 .8 Ann-NCDC 1012.9 NA -------------------------- Element 13: Station Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV Month -------------------------- Jan 990.2 3.7 Feb 991.4 2.9 Mar 991.5 2.4 Apr 992.4 2.7 May 989.5 1.6 Jun 988.5 1.5 Jul 988.1 1.7 Aug 988.8 1.5 Sep 992.2 1.4 Oct 994.6 1.9 Nov 994.3 2.3 Dec 991.9 2.3 Annual 991.1 .8 Ann-NCDC 991.1 NA -------------------------- Element 14: Vapor Pressure (hPa) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value STD_DEV (Statistic 03): Standard Deviation of Mean Value -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: MEAN STD_DEV Month -------------------------- Jan 3.3 .3 Feb 3.3 .4 Mar 4.2 .4 Apr 6.1 .5 May 9.1 .7 Jun 13.3 1.0 Jul 18.3 1.6 Aug 19.9 1.6 Sep 14.4 1.1 Oct 9.0 .7 Nov 5.9 .6 Dec 4.1 .4 Annual 9.2 .4 Ann-NCDC 9.2 NA -------------------------- Element 15: Sunshine %OFPOSS (Statistic 37): Percent of Possible MN_#HRS (Statistic 44): Mean Number of Hours -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Statistic: %OFPOSS MN_#HRS Month -------------------------- Jan 18.0 51.1 Feb 23.0 67.2 Mar 35.0 128.0 Apr 42.0 168.5 May 43.0 192.7 Jun 38.0 174.1 Jul 33.0 152.6 Aug 34.0 148.4 Sep 40.0 149.9 Oct 39.0 132.2 Nov 22.0 64.4 Dec 14.0 39.5 Annual 33.0 1468.5 Ann-NCDC NA 1468.6 -------------------------- Element 16: Wind Speed (m/sec) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1975 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.8 Feb 1.8 Mar 2.0 Apr 2.1 May 2.3 Jun 2.3 Jul 2.2 Aug 1.9 Sep 1.6 Oct 1.8 Nov 1.9 Dec 1.7 Annual 1.9 Ann-NCDC 1.9 ------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) Statistic 38: Frequency Qualifier: 022.5 degrees Qualifier: 045.0 degrees Qualifier: 067.5 degrees Qualifier: 090.0 degrees Qualifier: 112.5 degrees Qualifier: 135.0 degrees Qualifier: 157.5 degrees Qualifier: 180.0 degrees Qualifier: 202.5 degrees ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- byr: 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Qualifier: 022.5 045.0 067.5 090.0 112.5 135.0 157.5 180.0 202.5 Month ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan .030 .030 .050 .070 .040 .030 .020 .030 .090 Feb .050 .040 .060 .080 .050 .020 .020 .030 .080 Mar .050 .030 .050 .080 .050 .040 .020 .040 .080 Apr .050 .020 .030 .070 .060 .060 .040 .050 .120 May .050 .020 .030 .060 .040 .040 .040 .060 .140 Jun .030 .020 .030 .050 .050 .040 .040 .080 .190 Jul .020 .010 .030 .050 .050 .050 .050 .080 .210 Aug .030 .030 .040 .080 .070 .050 .030 .060 .160 Sep .060 .040 .050 .060 .050 .040 .030 .040 .110 Oct .040 .030 .050 .060 .040 .030 .030 .040 .110 Nov .030 .030 .030 .060 .040 .030 .020 .040 .090 Dec .030 .020 .050 .060 .030 .030 .020 .040 .090 Annual .040 .030 .040 .060 .050 .040 .030 .050 .120 Ann-NCDC NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) Statistic 38: Frequency Qualifier: 225.0 degrees Qualifier: 247.5 degrees Qualifier: 270.0 degrees Qualifier: 292.5 degrees Qualifier: 315.0 degrees Qualifier: 337.5 degrees Qualifier: 360.0 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------ byr: 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Qualifier: 225.0 247.5 270.0 292.5 315.0 337.5 360.0 Month ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan .120 .080 .090 .110 .130 .060 .040 Feb .090 .060 .060 .100 .130 .060 .060 Mar .100 .050 .060 .080 .120 .100 .060 Apr .100 .050 .040 .040 .100 .100 .050 May .100 .040 .030 .030 .110 .150 .070 Jun .130 .030 .010 .010 .090 .150 .050 Jul .140 .030 .010 .010 .070 .130 .050 Aug .130 .040 .020 .020 .090 .110 .050 Sep .100 .060 .040 .050 .120 .100 .060 Oct .090 .070 .070 .070 .120 .080 .060 Nov .110 .080 .090 .120 .130 .060 .040 Dec .120 .080 .080 .100 .120 .070 .040 Annual .110 .060 .050 .060 .110 .100 .050 Ann-NCDC NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element 17: Wind Direction (degrees) PREVAIL (Statistic 41): Prevailing ------------------ byr: 1975 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 315.0 Feb 315.0 Mar 315.0 Apr 202.5 May 337.5 Jun 202.5 Jul 202.5 Aug 202.5 Sep 315.0 Oct 315.0 Nov 315.0 Dec 225.0 Annual 202.5 Ann-NCDC NA ------------------ Element 20: Sky Cover (Cloud Cover) (okta) MEAN (Statistic 01): Mean Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 7.0 Feb 6.9 Mar 6.2 Apr 5.5 May 5.5 Jun 5.8 Jul 6.2 Aug 6.1 Sep 5.5 Oct 5.3 Nov 6.5 Dec 7.0 Annual 6.1 Ann-NCDC 6.1 ------------------ Element 51: Number Days with Thunder (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan .1 Feb * Mar .1 Apr .1 May .5 Jun .7 Jul .7 Aug 1.3 Sep 1.5 Oct 2.0 Nov .8 Dec .2 Annual 8.0 Ann-NCDC 8.0 ------------------ Element 56: Number Days with Snowfall (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 29.8 Feb 26.5 Mar 25.0 Apr 8.0 May .4 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct 2.5 Nov 15.4 Dec 26.8 Annual 134.5 Ann-NCDC 134.4 ------------------ Element 73: Number Days with no Sunshine (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 7.7 Feb 4.2 Mar 3.0 Apr 3.9 May 4.0 Jun 4.2 Jul 4.7 Aug 4.3 Sep 3.2 Oct 3.1 Nov 6.0 Dec 9.9 Annual 58.2 Ann-NCDC 58.2 ------------------ Element 83: Number Days Maximum Temperature GE Threshold (count) Statistic 15: Mean Monthly Value Qualifier: 25.0 deg C Qualifier: 30.0 deg C -------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 Qualifier: 25.0 30.0 Month -------------------------- Jan .0 .0 Feb .0 .0 Mar .0 .0 Apr .0 .0 May .4 .0 Jun 3.0 .1 Jul 11.8 1.0 Aug 16.4 1.9 Sep 1.9 .0 Oct .0 .0 Nov .0 .0 Dec .0 .0 Annual 33.5 3.0 Ann-NCDC 33.5 3.0 -------------------------- Element 86: Number Days Minimum Temperature GE Threshold (count) Qualifier: 25.0 deg C MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan .0 Feb .0 Mar .0 Apr .0 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .0 Nov .0 Dec .0 Annual .0 Ann-NCDC 0.0 ------------------ Element 87: Number Days Mean Temperature GE Threshold (count) Qualifier: 25.0 deg C MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan .0 Feb .0 Mar .0 Apr .0 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .4 Aug 1.2 Sep * Oct .0 Nov .0 Dec .0 Annual 1.7 Ann-NCDC 1.6 ------------------ Element 91: Number Days Maximum Temperature LT Threshold (count) Qualifier: 0.0 deg C MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 23.5 Feb 19.8 Mar 7.6 Apr .1 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .0 Nov 2.9 Dec 15.5 Annual 69.4 Ann-NCDC 69.4 ------------------ Element 93: Number Days Minimum Temperature LT Threshold (count) Qualifier: 0.0 deg C MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 30.9 Feb 28.0 Mar 29.5 Apr 16.9 May 1.9 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .1 Oct 6.8 Nov 20.6 Dec 29.9 Annual 164.5 Ann-NCDC 164.6 ------------------ Element 95: Number Days with Precipitation GE Threshold (count) Statistic 15: Mean Monthly Value Qualifier: 0.5 mm Qualifier: 1.0 mm Qualifier: 10.0 mm Qualifier: 30.0 mm Qualifier: 50.0 mm Qualifier: 70.0 mm Qualifier: 100.0 mm ------------------------------------------------------------------ byr: 1968 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Qualifier: 0.5 1.0 10.0 30.0 50.0 70.0 100.0 Month ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan 26.6 24.8 7.8 .2 * .0 .0 Feb 22.1 20.1 5.3 .2 .1 .1 .0 Mar 20.0 17.4 3.0 .1 .0 .0 .0 Apr 12.0 10.1 2.5 .2 * .0 .0 May 12.1 9.4 2.3 .3 * * .0 Jun 9.0 8.3 2.4 .2 * * .0 Jul 8.8 8.2 3.2 .6 .2 .1 * Aug 11.3 9.7 4.1 1.4 .6 .2 .1 Sep 12.9 12.0 4.4 1.4 .3 .1 .0 Oct 16.6 14.2 4.9 .9 .2 * * Nov 20.2 18.7 6.9 .5 .1 * .0 Dec 25.3 23.5 8.5 .2 .0 .0 .0 Annual 197.0 176.4 55.5 6.2 1.6 .6 .2 Ann-NCDC 196.9 176.4 55.3 6.2 1.5 0.5 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Element BH: Number Days Mean Temperature LT Threshold (count) Qualifier: 0.0 deg C MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 29.8 Feb 26.9 Mar 22.6 Apr 2.4 May .0 Jun .0 Jul .0 Aug .0 Sep .0 Oct .0 Nov 8.6 Dec 25.0 Annual 115.3 Ann-NCDC 115.3 ------------------ Element BJ: Number Days with Fog (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1961 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 1.5 Feb 1.1 Mar 1.2 Apr 3.1 May 3.4 Jun 5.8 Jul 5.3 Aug 4.1 Sep 4.3 Oct 2.8 Nov 1.0 Dec 1.4 Annual 35.0 Ann-NCDC 35.0 ------------------ Element BM: Number Days with Daily Maximum Wind Speed GE Threshold (count) Statistic 15: Mean Monthly Value Qualifier: 10.0 m/sec Qualifier: 15.0 m/sec Qualifier: 20.0 m/sec Qualifier: 30.0 m/sec ------------------------------------------ byr: 1975 1975 1975 1975 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 Qualifier: 10.0 15.0 20.0 30.0 Month ------------------------------------------ Jan .3 .0 .0 .0 Feb .2 .0 .0 .0 Mar .8 .0 .0 .0 Apr .6 .0 .0 .0 May .3 .0 .0 .0 Jun .2 .0 .0 .0 Jul .1 .0 .0 .0 Aug .1 .0 .0 .0 Sep .2 .0 .0 .0 Oct .5 .0 .0 .0 Nov .3 .0 .0 .0 Dec .2 .0 .0 .0 Annual 3.7 .0 .0 .0 Ann-NCDC 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 ------------------------------------------ Element BT: Number Days with Occurrence of Rain (count) MEANMLY (Statistic 15): Mean Monthly Value ------------------ byr: 1968 eyr: 1990 Month ------------------ Jan 30.0 Feb 26.7 Mar 26.3 Apr 18.5 May 18.0 Jun 16.3 Jul 16.0 Aug 18.0 Sep 18.5 Oct 20.6 Nov 25.1 Dec 29.2 Annual 263.2 Ann-NCDC 263.2 ------------------ Element BW: Number Days with Daily Maximum Snow Cover GE Threshold (count) Statistic 15: Mean Monthly Value Qualifier: 0.0 cm Qualifier: 5.0 cm Qualifier: 10.0 cm Qualifier: 20.0 cm Qualifier: 50.0 cm Qualifier: 100.0 cm ---------------------------------------------------------- byr: 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 eyr: 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 Qualifier: 0.0 5.0 10.0 20.0 50.0 100.0 Month ---------------------------------------------------------- Jan 31.0 31.0 31.0 31.0 30.2 20.3 Feb 28.2 28.2 28.2 28.2 28.2 27.0 Mar 31.0 30.9 30.9 30.8 30.4 26.9 Apr 19.2 17.7 17.1 16.1 12.4 5.9 May .4 .2 .2 .1 .0 .0 Jun .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Jul .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Aug .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Sep .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 Oct 1.2 .4 .2 .0 .0 .0 Nov 16.9 12.2 8.9 5.1 1.2 .0 Dec 30.2 28.8 27.5 25.5 17.0 3.2 Annual 158.1 149.5 144.1 136.9 119.3 83.3 Ann-NCDC 158.1 149.4 144.0 136.8 119.4 83.3 ----------------------------------------------------------