Winter Weather in Togitsu Japan

Daily high temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 58°F to 53°F, rarely falling below 42°F or exceeding 64°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 49°F on January 24.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 47°F to 42°F, rarely falling below 32°F or exceeding 54°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 38°F on January 26.

For reference, on August 5, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Togitsu typically range from 77°F to 88°F, while on January 26, the coldest day of the year, they range from 38°F to 49°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average winter temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Nags Head, United States (7,415 miles away) and Nashtārūd, Iran (4,354 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Togitsu (view comparison).

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The winter in Togitsu experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 26% to 43%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 25% on December 13.

The clearest day of the winter is December 13, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 75% of the time.

For reference, on June 30, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 74%, while on December 13, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 75%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Togitsu, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 24% and ending it at 31%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 58% on June 30, and its lowest chance is 19% on January 5.

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the winter in Togitsu is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 2.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.2 inches or falls below 0.8 inches, and ending the season at 4.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.6 inches or falls below 2.1 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 2.0 inches on January 1.

Over the course of the winter in Togitsu, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 18 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 53 seconds, and weekly increase of 6 minutes, 8 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 9 hours, 59 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 27 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Togitsu is 7:23 AM on January 9 and the earliest sunrise is 34 minutes earlier at 6:49 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 5:13 PM on December 3 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 3 minutes later at 6:16 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Togitsu during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:12 AM and sets 14 hours, 19 minutes later, at 7:31 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:19 AM and sets 9 hours, 59 minutes later, at 5:18 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the winter of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Togitsu is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 1, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Togitsu is gradually increasing during the winter, increasing from 10.1 miles per hour to 10.6 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 18, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.0 miles per hour, while on June 2, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.7 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 11.0 miles per hour on January 19.

The hourly average wind direction in Togitsu throughout the winter is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 64% on January 21.

Togitsu is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Togitsu is rapidly decreasing during the winter, falling by 8°F, from 67°F to 59°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 59°F on February 19.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Togitsu typically lasts for 11 months (336 days), from around February 2 to around January 3, rarely starting after February 27, or ending before December 17.

The winter in Togitsu is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a low of 31% on January 16.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Togitsu are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 5,034°F, from 5,080°F to 46°F, over the course of the season.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Togitsu is increasing during the winter, rising by 1.2 kWh, from 2.9 kWh to 4.1 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 2.7 kWh on December 31.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Togitsu are 32.833 deg latitude, 129.850 deg longitude, and 3 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Togitsu contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,280 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 158 feet. Within 10 miles also contains very significant variations in elevation (1,906 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,836 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Togitsu is covered by cropland (39%), trees (28%), and water (27%), within 10 miles by water (50%) and trees (36%), and within 50 miles by water (71%) and trees (18%).