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Sendai vs Crested Butte

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Bottom line

Sendai is the warmer of the two — about 21°F on the annual average; Sendai is the wetter, with 27 in more rain a year, and Crested Butte the sunnier.

Warmer Sendai 21°F on the year

Wetter Sendai 27 in more a year

Sunnier Crested Butte 20 pp less cloud

Colder winters Crested Butte 36°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Sendai and Crested Butte, in everyday terms.

Summers

Sendai has hotter summers

Sendai: Warm
Crested Butte: Mild

Winters

Sendai has far milder winters

Sendai: Cold
Crested Butte: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Sendai is wetter

Sendai: Wet
Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Crested Butte is sunnier

Sendai: Often grey
Crested Butte: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Sendai is the warmer of the two — about 21°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Sendai is the wetter — about 27 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Crested Butte has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Sendai runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	42	44	50	60	68	74	80	83	77	68	57	47
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71	76	74	66	55	40	27
Difference	-16	-14	-12	-13	-10	-3	-4	-9	-11	-13	-18	-20

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	42	44	50	60	68	74
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71
Difference	-16	-14	-12	-13	-10	-3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	80	83	77	68	57	47
Crested Butte	76	74	66	55	40	27
Difference	-4	-9	-11	-13	-18	-20

Avg low (°F) Sendai runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	30	30	35	43	53	61	68	71	64	53	42	34
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Difference	-36	-32	-27	-24	-25	-27	-29	-32	-33	-31	-33	-37

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	30	30	35	43	53	61
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34
Difference	-36	-32	-27	-24	-25	-27

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	68	71	64	53	42	34
Crested Butte	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Difference	-29	-32	-33	-31	-33	-37

Precipitation (in) Sendai runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	1.7	1.3	2.9	3.6	4.3	5.7	7	6.2	7.6	5.9	2.3	1.7
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Difference	+1.1	+1.2	-0.8	-1.5	-2.8	-4.7	-5	-4.2	-5.7	-4.2	-0.3	+0.5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	1.7	1.3	2.9	3.6	4.3	5.7
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9
Difference	+1.1	+1.2	-0.8	-1.5	-2.8	-4.7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	7	6.2	7.6	5.9	2.3	1.7
Crested Butte	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Difference	-5	-4.2	-5.7	-4.2	-0.3	+0.5

Snowfall (in)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	41.7	35.3	27.3	18	6.9	0.3	0	0	1	8.1	26.1	34.6
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	41.7	35.3	27.3	18	6.9	0.3
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	0	0	1	8.1	26.1	34.6
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Cloud cover (%) Sendai runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	77	75	73	71	71	77	80	71	76	72	74	79
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	-23	-15	-13	-8	-10	-31	-23	-13	-30	-29	-25	-25

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	77	75	73	71	71	77
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46
Difference	-23	-15	-13	-8	-10	-31

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	80	71	76	72	74	79
Crested Butte	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	-23	-13	-30	-29	-25	-25

Relative humidity (%) Sendai runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	95	93	87	82	81	83	86	85	87	87	89	93
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	-4	+1	+2	-5	-17	-32	-30	-26	-30	-25	-13	-4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	95	93	87	82	81	83
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52
Difference	-4	+1	+2	-5	-17	-32

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	86	85	87	87	89	93
Crested Butte	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	-30	-26	-30	-25	-13	-4

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Sendai trends → · Crested Butte trends →

Methodology & sources

Sendai

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency, measured at Sendai, about 3 km from the city centre.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Crested Butte

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Crested Butte, a weather station, about 1 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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