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Weather extremes

How extreme does Karuizawa's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Karuizawa has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Karuizawa station 7 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Karuizawa has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
92°F Aug 11, 2013

That is about 13°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Karuizawa (typical high near 80°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 92°F Aug 11, 2013
2 92°F Aug 19, 2013
3 92°F Jul 23, 2000
❄️ Coldest night
-2°F Feb 3, 2012

About 18°F colder than a normal February night in Karuizawa (typical low near 17°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -2°F Feb 3, 2012
2 -1°F Feb 21, 1996
3 0°F Jan 15, 2001
🌧️ Most rain in one day
12.56 in Oct 12, 2019

More rain in a single day than Karuizawa usually gets in the whole month of October (typical October total about 5.8 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 12.56 in Oct 12, 2019
2 9.47 in Sep 7, 2007
3 6.04 in Sep 6, 2007

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 92°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Karuizawa's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 92°F is about 13°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Karuizawa's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 92°F and as low as −2°F. A single day has delivered over 13 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency, measured at Tomi, about 23 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →