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Horokanai 幌加内町 | |
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Town | |
 Horokanai town hall | |
 Flag  Emblem | |
 Location of Horokanai in Hokkaido (Kamikawa Subprefecture) | |
  Horokanai Location in Japan | |
| Coordinates: 44°1′N 142°9′E / 44.017°N 142.150°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Hokkaido |
| Prefecture | Hokkaido (Kamikawa Subprefecture) |
| District | Uryū |
| Area | |
• Total | 767.03 km2 (296.15 sq mi) |
| Population (September 30, 2016) | |
• Total | 1,571 |
| • Density | 2.0/km2 (5.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| Website | www |
Horokanai (幌加内町, Horokanai-chō) is a Japanese town in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido. As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 1,571. The total area is 767.03 km2 (296.15 sq mi).
History
[edit]On April 1, 2010, Horokanai was transferred from Sorachi Subprefecture to Kamikawa Subprefecture.
Culture
[edit]Mascot
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Horokanai's mascot is Horomin (ほろみん). She is a healthy and hard working buckwheat seed. She carries a soba choko and chopsticks to eat her homemade soba noodles. She wears traditional Japanese chef clothing and a buckwheat flower on her head. She carries is a huge stick (that doubles as a staff weapon) on her back. She is unveiled on 18 June 2013.[1]
Climate
[edit]Horokanai has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb). On December 31, 2020, a minimum temperature of −32.6 °C (−26.7 °F) was registered.[2]
| Climate data for Horokanai (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) | 6.1 (43.0) | 8.1 (46.6) | 11.8 (53.2) | 24.3 (75.7) | 32.3 (90.1) | 36.0 (96.8) | 37.3 (99.1) | 36.5 (97.7) | 31.5 (88.7) | 25.2 (77.4) | 18.9 (66.0) | 10.8 (51.4) | 37.3 (99.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.9 (25.0) | −2.7 (27.1) | 1.7 (35.1) | 8.4 (47.1) | 16.7 (62.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 25.2 (77.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 21.0 (69.8) | 13.9 (57.0) | 5.2 (41.4) | −1.7 (28.9) | 10.9 (51.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.4 (16.9) | −7.7 (18.1) | −3.0 (26.6) | 3.2 (37.8) | 10.5 (50.9) | 15.7 (60.3) | 19.7 (67.5) | 20.0 (68.0) | 15.3 (59.5) | 8.4 (47.1) | 1.5 (34.7) | −5.2 (22.6) | 5.8 (42.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.5 (5.9) | −14.5 (5.9) | −9.2 (15.4) | −2.2 (28.0) | 4.5 (40.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 15.1 (59.2) | 15.5 (59.9) | 10.1 (50.2) | 3.3 (37.9) | −2.4 (27.7) | −9.8 (14.4) | 0.5 (33.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −36.1 (−33.0) | −37.6 (−35.7) | −31.4 (−24.5) | −19.3 (−2.7) | −4.8 (23.4) | −0.4 (31.3) | 4.3 (39.7) | 5.1 (41.2) | −0.1 (31.8) | −7.1 (19.2) | −21.7 (−7.1) | −32.6 (−26.7) | −37.6 (−35.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 120.9 (4.76) | 97.3 (3.83) | 80.3 (3.16) | 63.4 (2.50) | 81.0 (3.19) | 71.1 (2.80) | 144.2 (5.68) | 161.4 (6.35) | 169.3 (6.67) | 161.0 (6.34) | 182.7 (7.19) | 171.3 (6.74) | 1,503.9 (59.21) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 278 (109) | 231 (91) | 181 (71) | 48 (19) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (1.6) | 157 (62) | 326 (128) | 1,226 (482) |
| Average rainy days | 22.1 | 18.6 | 17.3 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 17.6 | 21.3 | 25.2 | 192.7 |
| Average snowy days | 22.1 | 19.2 | 17.1 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.2 | 23.3 | 100 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 42.4 | 56.0 | 102.7 | 146.3 | 182.4 | 161.1 | 151.8 | 146.1 | 140.9 | 109.8 | 46.0 | 22.1 | 1,307.6 |
| Source 1: JMA[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: JMA[4] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "幌加内町イメージキャラクター「ほろみん」". Horokanai.
- ^ Mori, Sayaka [@sayakasofiamori] (December 31, 2020). "Many new December records have been set on the New Year's eve in #Japan. The Hokuriku region could get an additional 260cm (8.5feet) of snow into the next three days. It's likely be a historic #snow event. https://t.co/83q7XI2a1i" (Tweet). Retrieved January 11, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ 観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）. JMA. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ 気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）. JMA. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
External links
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Media related to Horokanai, Hokkaidō at Wikimedia Commons- Official Website (in Japanese)
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