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Horokanai
幌加内町 | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 44°1′N 142°9′E / 44.017°N 142.150°E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Hokkaido |
Prefecture | Hokkaido ( Kamikawa Subprefecture) |
District | Uryū |
Area | |
• Total | 767.03 km2 (296.15 sq mi) |
Population (September 30, 2016) | |
• Total | 1,571 |
• Density | 2.0/km2 (5.3/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+09:00 ( JST) |
Website |
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Horokanai (幌加内町, Horokanai-chō) is a town in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 1,571. The total area is 767.03 km2 (296.15 sq mi).
On April 1, 2010, Horokanai was transferred from Sorachi Subprefecture to Kamikawa Subprefecture.
Horokanai's mascot is Horomin (ほろみん). She is a healthy and hard working buckwheat seed. She carries a soba choko and chopsticks to eat her homemade soba noodles. She wears traditional Japanese chef clothing and a buckwheat flower on her head. She carries is a huge stick (that doubles as a staff weapon) on her back. She is unveiled on 18 June 2013. [1]
Horokanai has a humid continental climate ( Köppen: Dfb). On December 31, 2020, a minimum temperature of −32.6 °C (−26.7 °F) was registered. [2]
Climate data for Horokanai (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
32.3 (90.1) |
36.0 (96.8) |
37.3 (99.1) |
36.5 (97.7) |
31.5 (88.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
10.8 (51.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.9 (25.0) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
1.7 (35.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
13.9 (57.0) |
5.2 (41.4) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.4 (16.9) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
3.2 (37.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
5.8 (42.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.5 (5.9) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
0.5 (33.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | −36.1 (−33.0) |
−37.6 (−35.7) |
−31.4 (−24.5) |
−19.3 (−2.7) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
4.3 (39.7) |
5.1 (41.2) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−21.7 (−7.1) |
−32.6 (−26.7) |
−37.6 (−35.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 120.9 (4.76) |
97.3 (3.83) |
80.3 (3.16) |
63.4 (2.50) |
81.0 (3.19) |
71.1 (2.80) |
144.2 (5.68) |
161.4 (6.35) |
169.3 (6.67) |
161.0 (6.34) |
182.7 (7.19) |
171.3 (6.74) |
1,503.9 (59.21) |
Average snowfall cm (inches) | 278 (109) |
231 (91) |
181 (71) |
48 (19) |
1 (0.4) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
4 (1.6) |
157 (62) |
326 (128) |
1,226 (482) |
Average rainy days | 22.1 | 18.6 | 17.3 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 17.6 | 21.3 | 25.2 | 192.7 |
Average snowy days | 22.1 | 19.2 | 17.1 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.2 | 23.3 | 100 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 42.4 | 56.0 | 102.7 | 146.3 | 182.4 | 161.1 | 151.8 | 146.1 | 140.9 | 109.8 | 46.0 | 22.1 | 1,307.6 |
Source 1: JMA [3] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: JMA [4] |