Shizuoka City vs. Nagano City: one has 1.7 times the wet winter days
Shizuoka City and Nagano City differ a lot in yearly rainfall. Here we compare the number of winter days with rain or snow.
Which has more days of rain or snow in winter: Shizuoka City or Nagano City?
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The answer is Nagano City
Bar chart of winter precipitation days normals. Nagano City: 27.6 日. Shizuoka City: 16.5 日. Values Values at a single weather station.
In winter (December–February, 1991–2020), Nagano City has 27.6 日 with precipitation and Shizuoka City has 16.5 日. In winter the northwest monsoon drops snow on the Sea of Japan side, and the air that crosses the mountains leaves the Pacific side sunny and dry. Northern Nagano Prefecture also gets many snowy days.
- Indicator
- Winter precipitation days normal (日)
- Period
- December–February, 1991–2020
- What the value is
- Values at a single weather station
- Calculation
- Sum of monthly normals
- Data retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Source
- Japan Meteorological Agency, "Climatological Normals", "Station history" and "Past weather data", processed by datapictlab
Sources and license
- Japan Meteorological Agency, "Climatological Normals", "Station history" and "Past weather data", processed by datapictlab (公共データ利用規約（第1.0版）)
- National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Boundaries), MLIT, processed (CC BY 4.0)
- 静岡地方気象台「静岡県の気象特性」
- 長野地方気象台「長野県の気候」
- 気象庁「冬にはなぜ日本海側の地方で雪がたくさん降るのですか？」
- 気象庁「四国の天候」
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