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Has the climate in Kofu changed?

Kofu has warmed about 3.4°F between 1971 and 2020.

About 0.7°F per decade, measured from Kofu's official daily weather records, 1971–2020. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Kofu's warming is broadly in line with other cities in Japan — neither unusually fast nor unusually slow.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
43 fewer nights
1970s
88 / yr
Recent
45 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+2.5°F
1970s
57.1°F
Recent
59.7°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
16 more days
1970s
32 / yr
Recent
48 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
4 fewer days
1970s
105 / yr
Recent
101 / yr
Drier on average

Kofu's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2020.

54°56°58°60°62°1971: 57.7°F1972: 58.4°F1973: 56.5°F1974: 56.3°F1975: 57.0°F1976: 56.4°F1977: 57.9°F1978: 57.5°F1979: 58.5°F1980: 56.7°F1981: 56.3°F1982: 57.3°F1983: 57.3°F1984: 56.2°F1985: 57.6°F1986: 56.6°F1987: 58.8°F1988: 56.7°F1989: 58.1°F1990: 59.6°F1991: 58.7°F1992: 58.3°F1993: 57.6°F1994: 60.0°F1995: 58.2°F1996: 57.6°F1997: 58.9°F1998: 59.9°F1999: 59.5°F2000: 59.3°F2001: 55.6°F2002: 59.1°F2003: 58.7°F2004: 60.0°F2006: 59.3°F2007: 59.7°F2008: 58.7°F2009: 59.3°F2010: 59.4°F2011: 59.0°F2012: 58.6°F2013: 59.9°F2014: 58.6°F2015: 60.1°F2016: 60.3°F2017: 58.9°F2018: 60.7°F2019: 60.6°F2020: 61.1°Flong-term trend197119801990200020102020
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 26 fewer freezing nights a year and about 9 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency, measured at Kofu, about 1 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →