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Weather extremes

How extreme does Kitami's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Kitami 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 Memanbetsu station 24 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 Kitami has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
99°F Aug 7, 1994

That is about 23°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Kitami (typical high near 76°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 99°F Aug 7, 1994
2 99°F Jul 31, 2000
3 99°F May 26, 2019
❄️ Coldest night
-11°F Jan 17, 2013

About 22°F colder than a normal January night in Kitami (typical low near 11°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -11°F Jan 17, 2013
2 -11°F Feb 8, 2019
3 -9°F Jan 25, 2000
🌧️ Most rain in one day
0.28 in May 4, 1999

The three most extreme on record

1 0.28 in May 4, 1999
2 0.03 in Dec 6, 1999
3 0.02 in Dec 23, 2001

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 99°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Kitami's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 99°F is about 23°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, Kitami's warmest days reach the mid-70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 99°F and as low as −11°F. A single day has delivered over 0 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 Kitami, about 5 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →