Monbetsu (門別町, Monbetsu-chō) was a town located in Saru District, Hidaka Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
On March 1, 2006, Monbetsu was merged into the expanded town of Hidaka.
As of 2004, the town had an estimated population of 12,836 and a density of 29.94 persons per km2. The total area was 428.73 km2.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Monbetsu (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1976−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
31.3 (88.3) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
32.2 (90.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) |
0.6 (33.1) |
4.3 (39.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
9.1 (48.4) |
2.5 (36.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.9 (23.2) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
0.1 (32.2) |
5.3 (41.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
7.6 (45.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.3 (13.5) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
0.6 (33.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
11.1 (52.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
12.8 (55.0) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
3.1 (37.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −22.7 (−8.9) |
−23.4 (−10.1) |
−20.7 (−5.3) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
2.8 (37.0) |
6.8 (44.2) |
8.7 (47.7) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−11.9 (10.6) |
−20.1 (−4.2) |
−23.4 (−10.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25.2 (0.99) |
24.0 (0.94) |
38.3 (1.51) |
65.7 (2.59) |
97.1 (3.82) |
87.0 (3.43) |
130.7 (5.15) |
178.5 (7.03) |
127.3 (5.01) |
93.8 (3.69) |
73.0 (2.87) |
43.3 (1.70) |
983.7 (38.73) |
| Average rainy days | 6.5 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 8.2 | 107.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 142.0 | 152.0 | 186.8 | 179.3 | 185.4 | 154.6 | 122.3 | 140.3 | 166.9 | 164.6 | 126.5 | 118.7 | 1,839.3 |
| Source 1: JMA[1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: JMA[2] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ 観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）. JMA. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ 気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）. JMA. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
External links
edit- Hidaka official website (in Japanese)
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