Shinano, Nagano
Shinano (信濃町, Shinano-machi) is a town located in Kamiminochi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2005, the town has an estimated population of 9,851 and a density of 65.99 persons per km². The total area is 149.27 km².
Lake Nojiri and Mount Kurohime are in Shinano. Kobayashi Issa, a Haiku poet, was born and died here.
Climate
Hirosaki has a hot humid continental climate characterized by short warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall.
| Climate data for Shinano(1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) |
1.6 (34.9) |
5.4 (41.7) |
13.5 (56.3) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.6 (78.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
4.4 (39.9) |
14.2 (57.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.1 (17.4) |
−8 (18) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
1.7 (35.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
12.8 (55.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
4.4 (40.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 106.5 (4.19) |
91.7 (3.61) |
91.8 (3.61) |
64.7 (2.55) |
84.6 (3.33) |
122.7 (4.83) |
178.5 (7.03) |
112.3 (4.42) |
146.0 (5.75) |
96.7 (3.81) |
80.4 (3.17) |
92.9 (3.66) |
1,268.8 (49.96) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 251 (99) |
212 (83) |
138 (54) |
17 (6.7) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
20 (7.9) |
162 (64) |
800 (314.6) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 90.6 | 104.5 | 135.3 | 177.1 | 179.6 | 137.9 | 135.5 | 173.0 | 119.7 | 125.4 | 113.3 | 100.5 | 1,592.4 |
| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency | |||||||||||||
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