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Has the climate in Muroran changed?

Muroran has warmed about 1.7°F between 1971 and 2020.

About 0.3°F per decade, measured from Muroran'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? Muroran's climate has warmed more slowly 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
56 fewer nights
1970s
119 / yr
Recent
63 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+1.5°F
1970s
47.0°F
Recent
48.5°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
about the same
1970s
0 / yr
Recent
0 / yr
About the same number of heat days
Rainy days
11 more days
1970s
148 / yr
Recent
159 / yr
Wetter on average

Muroran's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2020.

42°44°46°48°50°52°1971: 47.0°F1972: 48.8°F1973: 48.2°F1974: 47.0°F1975: 48.2°F1976: 46.7°F1977: 46.8°F1978: 47.3°F1979: 47.3°F1980: 46.7°F1981: 46.0°F1982: 47.5°F1983: 46.6°F1984: 45.5°F1985: 46.7°F1986: 46.1°F1987: 47.2°F1988: 46.6°F1989: 48.5°F1990: 50.1°F1991: 48.6°F1992: 46.9°F1993: 46.8°F1994: 48.6°F1995: 48.3°F1996: 46.5°F1997: 47.9°F1998: 47.4°F1999: 48.7°F2000: 47.8°F2001: 43.3°F2002: 47.4°F2003: 47.0°F2004: 48.6°F2006: 47.6°F2007: 48.7°F2008: 48.1°F2009: 48.1°F2010: 48.7°F2011: 48.1°F2012: 47.9°F2013: 48.2°F2014: 48.3°F2015: 49.5°F2016: 48.4°F2017: 48.1°F2018: 48.9°F2019: 48.9°F2020: 50.0°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 34 fewer freezing nights a year compared with the 1970s.

Methodology & sources

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

How we build these numbers →