Mogami 最上町 | |
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 Mogami Town Hall | |
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 Location of Mogami in Yamagata Prefecture | |
  Mogami | |
| Coordinates:38°45′30.7″N140°31′9.4″E / 38.758528°N 140.519278°E /38.758528; 140.519278 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Tōhoku |
| Prefecture | Yamagata |
| District | Mogami |
| Area | |
• Total | 330.27 km2 (127.52 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2020) | |
• Total | 8,442 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (66/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Phone number | 0233-43-2111 |
| Address | 66 Mukai-machi, Mogami-machi, Mogami-gun, Yamagata-ken 999-6101 |
| Climate | Cfa/Dfa |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols | |
| Bird | Copper pheasant |
| Flower | Japanese gentian |
| Tree | Japanese plum |
Mogami (最上町,Mogami-machi) is atown inYamagata Prefecture,Japan. As of 29 February 2020[update], the town has an estimatedpopulation of 8,441 in 2,848 households,[1] and apopulation density of 26 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 330.27 square kilometres (128 sq mi).
Mogami is located in the mountains of extreme northeastern Yamagata Prefecture. Despite its name, theMogami River does not run through the town. The area is known for extremely heavy snows in winter.[citation needed]
Mogami has ahumid continental climate (Köppen climate classificationCfa) with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October. The average annual temperature in Mogami is 10.3 °C (50.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,851.8 mm (72.91 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.2 °C (73.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.3 °C (29.7 °F).[2]
| Climate data for Mogami (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1976−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.4 (54.3) | 14.2 (57.6) | 19.2 (66.6) | 27.6 (81.7) | 33.2 (91.8) | 33.3 (91.9) | 35.9 (96.6) | 36.0 (96.8) | 34.8 (94.6) | 28.9 (84.0) | 23.3 (73.9) | 16.8 (62.2) | 36.0 (96.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) | 2.6 (36.7) | 6.3 (43.3) | 13.6 (56.5) | 19.8 (67.6) | 23.5 (74.3) | 26.8 (80.2) | 28.3 (82.9) | 24.1 (75.4) | 18.0 (64.4) | 11.1 (52.0) | 4.4 (39.9) | 15.0 (59.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) | −1.0 (30.2) | 1.9 (35.4) | 7.7 (45.9) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 19.1 (66.4) | 12.6 (54.7) | 6.3 (43.3) | 1.1 (34.0) | 10.3 (50.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.3 (24.3) | −4.4 (24.1) | −2.1 (28.2) | 2.2 (36.0) | 8.5 (47.3) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.4 (65.1) | 19.3 (66.7) | 15.1 (59.2) | 8.1 (46.6) | 2.1 (35.8) | −1.8 (28.8) | 6.2 (43.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.8 (3.6) | −15.1 (4.8) | −16.0 (3.2) | −8.9 (16.0) | −0.7 (30.7) | 3.5 (38.3) | 7.6 (45.7) | 10.0 (50.0) | 3.2 (37.8) | −1.9 (28.6) | −6.3 (20.7) | −14.5 (5.9) | −16.0 (3.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 168.9 (6.65) | 116.6 (4.59) | 114.5 (4.51) | 104.1 (4.10) | 119.2 (4.69) | 137.2 (5.40) | 233.4 (9.19) | 197.6 (7.78) | 158.3 (6.23) | 148.2 (5.83) | 167.2 (6.58) | 188.2 (7.41) | 1,851.8 (72.91) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 277 (109) | 212 (83) | 142 (56) | 17 (6.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 13 (5.1) | 173 (68) | 814 (320) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 22.7 | 18.5 | 17.5 | 13.8 | 12.0 | 10.9 | 13.4 | 12.6 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 17.8 | 21.4 | 187.4 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 3 cm) | 22.2 | 19.2 | 16.6 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.9 | 75.8 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 47.1 | 63.5 | 110.5 | 160.5 | 186.9 | 154.9 | 130.0 | 161.0 | 124.4 | 122.5 | 90.5 | 48.5 | 1,402.5 |
| Source:Japan Meteorological Agency[3][2] | |||||||||||||
Per Japanese census data,[4] the population of Mogami peaked in the 1950s has declined by more half since then. The town is now less populous than it was a century ago.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1920 | 12,384 | — |
| 1930 | 13,104 | +5.8% |
| 1940 | 13,867 | +5.8% |
| 1950 | 17,207 | +24.1% |
| 1960 | 16,833 | −2.2% |
| 1970 | 14,015 | −16.7% |
| 1980 | 13,190 | −5.9% |
| 1990 | 12,541 | −4.9% |
| 2000 | 11,483 | −8.4% |
| 2010 | 9,847 | −14.2% |
| 2020 | 8,080 | −17.9% |
During theSengoku period, the area was under the control of theMogami clan who builtOguni Castle. During theEdo period, parts of the area came under the control ofShinjō Domain. After the start of theMeiji period, the area became part ofMogami District, Yamagata Prefecture. The villages of Higashi-Oguni and Nishi-Oguni were established on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. These villages merged to form the town of Mogami on September 1, 1954.[citation needed]
Mogami was formerly known as a horse breeding area, and numerous ranches supplied horses to theImperial Japanese Army's cavalry regiments. Modern Mogami is dependent on agriculture, forestry and seasonal tourism to its manyhot spring resorts.
Mogami has two public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the city government and one public high school operated by the Yamagata Prefectural Board of Education.
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