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Has the climate in Takayama changed?

Takayama has warmed about 1.8°F between 1971 and 2020.

About 0.4°F per decade, measured from Takayama'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? Takayama'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
72 fewer nights
1970s
133 / yr
Recent
61 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+1.3°F
1970s
51.7°F
Recent
53.0°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
14 more days
1970s
14 / yr
Recent
28 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
22 fewer days
1970s
175 / yr
Recent
153 / yr
Drier on average

Takayama's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2020.

48°50°52°54°56°1971: 50.6°F1972: 51.8°F1973: 51.2°F1974: 50.4°F1975: 52.0°F1976: 50.9°F1977: 52.4°F1978: 52.1°F1979: 53.9°F1980: 51.6°F1981: 50.3°F1982: 52.5°F1983: 52.3°F1984: 50.8°F1985: 52.7°F1986: 51.4°F1987: 53.4°F1988: 51.7°F1989: 53.3°F1992: 51.7°F1993: 51.0°F1994: 52.9°F1995: 50.9°F1996: 50.7°F1997: 51.9°F1998: 54.2°F1999: 53.1°F2000: 52.6°F2001: 49.3°F2002: 52.7°F2003: 52.2°F2004: 53.0°F2006: 52.4°F2007: 53.1°F2008: 52.5°F2009: 52.7°F2010: 53.3°F2011: 52.2°F2012: 51.9°F2013: 52.6°F2014: 51.7°F2015: 53.4°F2016: 54.3°F2017: 51.9°F2018: 54.0°F2019: 53.9°F2020: 54.6°Flong-term trend19711980200020102020
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 43 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 Takayama, about 2 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →