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Has the climate in Miura changed?

Miura has warmed about 2.7°F between 1971 and 2005.

About 0.8°F per decade, measured from Miura's official daily weather records, 1971–2005. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Miura's climate has warmed faster than most other cities in Japan.

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
11 fewer nights
1970s
13 / yr
Recent
2 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+1.9°F
1970s
60.2°F
Recent
62.1°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
11 more days
1970s
8 / yr
Recent
19 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
23 fewer days
1970s
131 / yr
Recent
108 / yr
Drier on average

Miura's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2005.

56°58°60°62°64°66°1971: 59.4°F1972: 60.6°F1973: 60.4°F1974: 59.7°F1975: 60.3°F1976: 59.4°F1977: 60.6°F1978: 61.0°F1979: 62.0°F1980: 59.5°F1981: 59.1°F1982: 60.2°F1983: 59.5°F1984: 58.3°F1985: 60.0°F1986: 60.5°F1987: 61.7°F1988: 61.2°F1989: 62.7°F1990: 64.5°F1991: 63.2°F1992: 62.7°F1993: 61.6°F1994: 65.0°F1995: 63.1°F1996: 62.0°F1997: 62.8°F1998: 62.2°F2001: 57.0°F2002: 60.7°F2003: 65.2°F2004: 62.3°F2005: 61.3°Flong-term trend1971198019902005
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 8 fewer freezing nights a year compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°January: +1.2°F+1.2JFebruary: +1.7°F+1.7FMarch: +1.5°F+1.5MApril: +1.4°F+1.4AMay: +0.4°F+0.4MJune: +0.9°F+0.9JJuly: +1.0°F+1.0JAugust: +0.1°F+0.1ASeptember: +1.4°F+1.4SOctober: +1.6°F+1.6ONovember: +1.7°F+1.7NDecember: +1.1°F+1.1D

February has warmed the most — about 1.7°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency, measured at Miura, about 4 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →