Climate
Kagoshima has a humid subtropical climate, marked by cool, relatively dry winters, warm, wet springs, hot, wet summers and mild, wet falls.
| Climate data for Kagoshima, Japan (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.9 (75.0) |
24.1 (75.4) |
27.6 (81.7) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
34.5 (94.1) |
36.6 (97.9) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.7 (96.3) |
32.4 (90.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
24.7 (76.5) |
37.0 (98.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) |
14.3 (57.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
27.6 (81.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.5 (90.5) |
30.1 (86.2) |
25.4 (77.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) |
9.8 (49.6) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.8 (69.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.5 (83.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) |
5.7 (42.3) |
8.4 (47.1) |
12.7 (54.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.6 (78.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.7 (44.1) |
14.9 (58.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.7 (21.7) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−1 (30.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
16.5 (61.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 77.5 (3.051) |
112.1 (4.413) |
179.7 (7.075) |
204.6 (8.055) |
221.2 (8.709) |
452.3 (17.807) |
318.9 (12.555) |
223.0 (8.78) |
210.8 (8.299) |
101.9 (4.012) |
92.4 (3.638) |
71.3 (2.807) |
2,265.7 (89.201) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 3 (1.2) |
1 (0.4) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.4) |
4 (1.6) |
| % humidity | 65 | 66 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 78 | 76 | 76 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 71 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.9 | 8.8 | 12.9 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 14.6 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 119.8 |
| Avg. snowy days | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 5.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 136.9 | 129.1 | 145.7 | 160.5 | 171.0 | 122.4 | 191.1 | 206.7 | 168.8 | 183.4 | 152.0 | 151.3 | 1,918.9 |
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