Average Precipitation for Japan in October

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during October at cities and towns in Japan. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches).

The month's precipitation statistics are long-term historical averages of weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Hokkaidō, Tōhoku, Kantō, Chūbu, Kansai, Chūgoku Shikoku, Kyūshū and Okinawa.

Hokkaidō

Average monthly precipitation in October
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
9 Abashiri 2.8 70
14 Asahikawa 4.1 104
11 Hakodate 3.9 100
7 Obihiro 3.0 75
12 Sapporo 4.3 109
9 Tomakomai 4.1 104
14 Wakkanai 5.3 134

Tōhoku

October averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
13 Aomori 4.1 104
8 Fukushima 4.7 119
10 Iwaki 6.8 174
10 Morioka 3.7 93
8 Sendai 4.8 122

Kantō

Average amount of rain and snow in October
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
10 Chiba 7.3 186
16 Hachijo-jima Island 18.3 466
9 Maebashi 4.5 116
11 Nikko 7.9 202
10 Tokyo 7.8 198
10 Utsunomiya 5.8 147
10 Yokohama 8.1 206

Chūbu

Precipitation totals for October
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
13 Aikawa, Sado Island 4.9 125
8 Gifu 4.9 126
10 Hamamatsu 6.5 165
13 Kanazawa 7.0 177
8 Nagano 3.3 83
9 Nagoya 5.1 128
14 Niigata 6.3 160
9 Shizuoka 7.9 200

Kansai

Total precipitation during October
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
7 Himeji 3.7 94
8 Kobe 3.9 98
8 Kyoto 4.8 121
9 Nara 4.4 111
8 Osaka 4.4 112
9 Tsu 5.9 151
8 Wakayama 4.8 122

Chūgoku

Average amount of precipitation in October
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
6 Fukuyama 3.1 79
6 Hiroshima 3.5 88
6 Kure 3.3 84
11 Matsue 4.7 120
6 Okayama 3.2 81
11 Tottori 5.7 144
6 Yamaguchi 3.1 80

Shikoku

October precipitation averages
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
8 Kochi 6.5 166
7 Matsuyama 3.8 97
8 Takamatsu 4.1 104
8 Tokushima 5.8 146

Kyūshū

Total October precipitation
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
6 Fukuoka 2.9 74
7 Kagoshima 4.0 102
6 Kumamoto 3.1 79
8 Miyazaki 7.2 182
6 Nagasaki 3.4 86
6 Oita 4.8 121
8 Wadomari, Okinoerabu Island 6.2 159
11 Yakushima Island Airport 11.8 300

Okinawa

Average October precipitation
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
11 Iriomote Island 8.2 209
10 Ishigaki Island 8.1 205
8 Kume 5.4 138
10 Miyakojima 6.1 156
9 Nago 5.9 151
8 Naha 6.0 153
11 Yonaguni Island 9.0 228
Reference

Japan Meteorological Agency. Historical weather data retrieval.

Japan Precipitation
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