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Rikubetsu 陸別町 リクン・ペッ | |
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Town | |
 Rikubetsu town hall | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of Rikubetsu inHokkaido (Tokachi Subprefecture) | |
  Rikubetsu Location in Japan | |
| Coordinates:43°28′N143°45′E / 43.467°N 143.750°E /43.467; 143.750 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Hokkaido |
| Prefecture | Hokkaido (Tokachi Subprefecture) |
| District | Ashoro |
| Area | |
• Total | 608.81 km2 (235.06 sq mi) |
| Population (September 30, 2016) | |
• Total | 2,528 |
| • Density | 4.152/km2 (10.75/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
Rikubetsu (陸別町,Rikubetsu-chō) is atown located inTokachi Subprefecture,Hokkaido,Japan.
It is located on the edge of the Tokachi Plain at an altitude of 207 metres (679 ft) above sea level.
As of September 2016, the town has an estimatedpopulation of 2,528 and adensity of 4.2 persons per km². The total area is 608.81 km².
Rikubetsu's mascots areShibare-kun (しばれ君) andTsurara-chan (つららちゃん).[1]
Rikubetsu is ranked as Japan's coldest area. Daily mean temperature in January is −11.4 °C (11.5 °F), the average low temperature in the end of January and beginning of February are below −20 °C (−4.0 °F), which are the coldest in Japan.
| Climate data for Rikubetsu, Hokkaido (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) | 6.6 (43.9) | 13.9 (57.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 29.3 (84.7) | 37.8 (100.0) | 35.5 (95.9) | 35.9 (96.6) | 35.1 (95.2) | 32.8 (91.0) | 27.8 (82.0) | 20.0 (68.0) | 12.9 (55.2) | 37.8 (100.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) | −1.4 (29.5) | 3.2 (37.8) | 10.5 (50.9) | 17.1 (62.8) | 20.6 (69.1) | 23.7 (74.7) | 24.4 (75.9) | 20.8 (69.4) | 14.7 (58.5) | 7.1 (44.8) | −0.2 (31.6) | 11.5 (52.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.1 (12.0) | −9.6 (14.7) | −3.1 (26.4) | 4.0 (39.2) | 10.1 (50.2) | 14.4 (57.9) | 18.3 (64.9) | 19.1 (66.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 7.9 (46.2) | 0.7 (33.3) | −7.7 (18.1) | 4.8 (40.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.6 (−3.3) | −18.8 (−1.8) | −10.6 (12.9) | −2.5 (27.5) | 3.4 (38.1) | 9.1 (48.4) | 14.0 (57.2) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.8 (49.6) | 1.8 (35.2) | −5.3 (22.5) | −14.9 (5.2) | −1.6 (29.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −33.2 (−27.8) | −33.1 (−27.6) | −27.6 (−17.7) | −19.1 (−2.4) | −7.2 (19.0) | −2.1 (28.2) | 2.1 (35.8) | 4.2 (39.6) | −2.4 (27.7) | −9.2 (15.4) | −20.9 (−5.6) | −27.6 (−17.7) | −33.2 (−27.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 33.7 (1.33) | 20.1 (0.79) | 38.4 (1.51) | 54.2 (2.13) | 71.5 (2.81) | 67.6 (2.66) | 106.0 (4.17) | 137.0 (5.39) | 121.5 (4.78) | 83.4 (3.28) | 47.7 (1.88) | 42.8 (1.69) | 831.8 (32.75) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 97 (38) | 74 (29) | 80 (31) | 25 (9.8) | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | 20 (7.9) | 86 (34) | 386 (152) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.0 | 5.7 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 107.1 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 3 cm) | 10.9 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 9.2 | 46.4 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 151.2 | 150.2 | 172.5 | 168.8 | 170.8 | 144.5 | 128.1 | 121.6 | 136.8 | 157.9 | 144.1 | 145.6 | 1,792 |
| Source:Japan Meteorological Agency[2][3] | |||||||||||||
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