title: Nakatonbetsu, Hokkaido
text: # Nakatonbetsu, Hokkaido
  
  Nakatonbetsu (中頓別町, Nakatonbetsu-chō) is a town located in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
  
  As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 1,776 and a density of 4.5 persons per $km^2.$ The total area is 398.55 square kilometres (153.88 sq mi).
  
  ## Climate
  
  Climate data for Nakatonbetsu (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present) :
  
  | Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Record high °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) | 8.7 (47.7) | 15.8 (60.4) | 24.6 (76.3) | 30.9 (87.6) | 33.1 (91.6) | 35.8 (96.4) | 35.8 (96.4) | 32.4 (90.3) | 25.4 (77.7) | 19.7 (67.5) | 10.4 (50.7) | 35.8 (96.4) |
  | Average high °C (°F) | −3.4 (25.9) | −2.5 (27.5) | 1.8 (35.2) | 8.5 (47.3) | 15.8 (60.4) | 19.6 (67.3) | 23.3 (73.9) | 24.4 (75.9) | 21.1 (70.0) | 14.2 (57.6) | 5.5 (41.9) | −1.2 (29.8) | 10.6 (51.1) |
  | Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.4 (16.9) | −8.5 (16.7) | −3.2 (26.2) | 3.5 (38.3) | 9.7 (49.5) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.9 (64.2) | 19.1 (66.4) | 15.0 (59.0) | 8.4 (47.1) | 1.5 (34.7) | −5.3 (22.5) | 5.3 (41.5) |
  | Average low °C (°F) | −15.4 (4.3) | −16.7 (1.9) | −10.1 (13.8) | −1.9 (28.6) | 3.6 (38.5) | 8.4 (47.1) | 13.3 (55.9) | 14.5 (58.1) | 9.3 (48.7) | 2.7 (36.9) | −2.8 (27.0) | −10.9 (12.4) | −0.5 (31.1) |
  | Record low °C (°F) | −35.9 (−32.6) | −35.6 (−32.1) | −30.0 (−22.0) | −16.7 (1.9) | −6.3 (20.7) | −2.6 (27.3) | 1.9 (35.4) | 3.5 (38.3) | −0.6 (30.9) | −7.2 (19.0) | −18.7 (−1.7) | −26.9 (−16.4) | −35.9 (−32.6) |
  | Average precipitation mm (inches) | 92.4 (3.64) | 66.3 (2.61) | 72.2 (2.84) | 56.7 (2.23) | 68.4 (2.69) | 66.6 (2.62) | 120.2 (4.73) | 145.5 (5.73) | 141.8 (5.58) | 155.8 (6.13) | 152.8 (6.02) | 126.1 (4.96) | 1,264.7 (49.79) |
  | Average snowfall cm (inches) | 219 (86) | 172 (68) | 136 (54) | 41 (16) | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.8) | 84 (33) | 233 (92) | 886 (349) |
  | Average rainy days | 20.5 | 16.6 | 15.9 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 13.7 | 16.6 | 20.6 | 22.4 | 179.6 |
  | Average snowy days | 20.8 | 17.9 | 14.5 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 8.0 | 21.4 | 88.5 |
  | Mean monthly sunshine hours | 52.3 | 74.4 | 116.5 | 147.3 | 176.0 | 156.3 | 135.9 | 134.0 | 154.1 | 124.3 | 55.7 | 33.7 | 1,356.1 |
  | Source 1: JMA ||||||||||||||
  | Source 2: JMA ||||||||||||||
  