Climatic characteristics of Japan

The climate of Japan is characterized by temperate monsoon climate and subtropical monsoon climate.

Japan has a long and narrow terrain, complex terrain and different latitudes between north and south, so the temperature difference between north and south is very large. Most areas belong to temperate climate with four distinct seasons. Okinawa in the south belongs to the subtropical zone, and Hokkaido in the north belongs to the sub-frigid zone. The precipitation in Japan is the highest in the world. The main reasons include winter snowfall in Japan's coastal areas.

Continuous plum rains in June-July (May-June in Okinawa and Amami); And typhoons that landed in or near Japan from summer to autumn. The highest recorded temperature in Japan is 40.9℃, which was measured on August 16, 2007 in Kumagu City, saitama and Dongdao City, Gifu County. The lowest recorded temperature is -4 1℃,1measured in Asahikawa, Hokkaido on October 25th, and it is 1902 65438+.

Climate in different parts of Japan:

1. Climate in Hokkaido: Hokkaido is not affected by plum rains, and the rainfall is less than that in other parts of Japan. Summer is short and cool, and winter is long and cold.

2. Japan's seaside climate: It covers the coastal areas in the west of Honshu Island. In winter, influenced by Siberian high, northwest wind blows. At the same time, because the warm current in winter brings a lot of water vapor to the horse current passing through the Sea of Japan, it often snows heavily. There is less precipitation in summer. Because it is located in the leeward area of summer monsoon, sometimes there will be wind burning, and the weather is extremely hot.

3. Central Plateau climate: typical inland climate, cool in Leng Xia in winter. The temperature difference between winter and summer, day and night is large, and the rainfall is small.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Japan