Chikuma Weather in February
Chikuma in February
The short of it: Chikuma in February averages a high of 6 °C (43 °F) and a low of -4 °C (25 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 10 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 6° · low -4° · rain 60 mm · daylight 10 h 48 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Chikuma an average February high of 6°, a low of -4° and some 60 mm of rain. Much like January: highs about 6°, nights near -4°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 11th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 10 h 48 min in mid-February, 53 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates February 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and June.
Against its neighbours, Chikuma runs about middling and about as wet in February. Sakaki, 11 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
February in Chikuma, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus January
- 1° warmer, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus March
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Jan–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h