title: Nishiokoppe, Hokkaido
text: # Nishiokoppe, Hokkaido
  
  Nishiokoppe (西興部村, Nishi-Okoppe-mura) is a village located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
  
  As of September 2016, the village has an estimated population of 1,120. The total area is 308.12 $km^2.$
  
  ## Geography
  
  ### Climate
  
  Climate data for Nishiokoppe (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present) :
  
  | Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Record high °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) | 13.9 (57.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 27.9 (82.2) | 33.4 (92.1) | 33.7 (92.7) | 35.7 (96.3) | 36.4 (97.5) | 32.1 (89.8) | 25.7 (78.3) | 21.2 (70.2) | 14.7 (58.5) | 36.4 (97.5) |
  | Average high °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) | −2.2 (28.0) | 2.3 (36.1) | 9.5 (49.1) | 16.5 (61.7) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.4 (74.1) | 24.4 (75.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 14.3 (57.7) | 6.0 (42.8) | −0.9 (30.4) | 10.9 (51.7) |
  | Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.8 (18.0) | −7.3 (18.9) | −2.6 (27.3) | 4.0 (39.2) | 10.1 (50.2) | 14.0 (57.2) | 18.0 (64.4) | 19.0 (66.2) | 14.8 (58.6) | 8.3 (46.9) | 1.9 (35.4) | −4.6 (23.7) | 5.7 (42.2) |
  | Average low °C (°F) | −14.0 (6.8) | −14.2 (6.4) | −8.5 (16.7) | −1.7 (28.9) | 3.6 (38.5) | 8.5 (47.3) | 13.3 (55.9) | 14.5 (58.1) | 9.3 (48.7) | 2.7 (36.9) | −2.2 (28.0) | −9.5 (14.9) | 0.1 (32.3) |
  | Record low °C (°F) | −30.8 (−23.4) | −33.2 (−27.8) | −27.7 (−17.9) | −15.1 (4.8) | −5.8 (21.6) | −2.2 (28.0) | 2.5 (36.5) | 4.0 (39.2) | −1.0 (30.2) | −7.0 (19.4) | −17.5 (0.5) | −25.1 (−13.2) | −33.2 (−27.8) |
  | Average precipitation mm (inches) | 57.4 (2.26) | 41.5 (1.63) | 47.7 (1.88) | 46.0 (1.81) | 61.7 (2.43) | 70.3 (2.77) | 116.9 (4.60) | 137.7 (5.42) | 150.9 (5.94) | 114.8 (4.52) | 99.0 (3.90) | 74.5 (2.93) | 1,015.1 (39.96) |
  | Average snowfall cm (inches) | 153 (60) | 122 (48) | 110 (43) | 32 (13) | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.2) | 55 (22) | 150 (59) | 623 (245) |
  | Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 14.6 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 156.7 |
  | Average snowy days (≥ 3 cm) | 16.5 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 17.0 | 72.1 |
  | Mean monthly sunshine hours | 72.5 | 91.8 | 130.4 | 163.7 | 176.4 | 152.7 | 143.0 | 139.8 | 152.6 | 133.7 | 73.4 | 59.4 | 1,489.4 |
  | Source: JMA ||||||||||||||
  
  ## Mascot
  
  Nishiokoppe's mascot is Setoshi-kun (セトウシくん). He is an orange and white bull who is a musician. He works at the local dairy farm. He carries his electric guitar to play (though he sometimes uses it as a weapon).
  
  ## Notable people from Nishiokoppe
  
  * Hagurohana Toji, former sumo wrestler
  