Hirono, Fukushima
Hirono
広野町 | |
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Town | |
Sakura |
Hirono (広野町, Hirono-machi) is a
Geography
Hirono is located in southern of Fukushima Prefecture, bordering on the Pacific Ocean to the east.
Climate
Hirono has a humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hirono is 11.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1413 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around 0.9 °C.[3]
Climate data for Hirono (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) | 18.4 (65.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.9 (75.0) |
28.2 (82.8) |
31.8 (89.2) |
34.9 (94.8) |
37.3 (99.1) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.2 (95.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.0 (51.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
17.5 (63.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) |
3.5 (38.3) |
6.3 (43.3) |
10.9 (51.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
18.6 (65.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
21.1 (70.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
10.8 (51.4) |
5.9 (42.6) |
13.2 (55.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
1.4 (34.5) |
6.1 (43.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.0 (42.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
9.0 (48.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
0.8 (33.4) |
5.5 (41.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
10.6 (51.1) |
7.9 (46.2) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 58.3 (2.30) |
51.4 (2.02) |
109.5 (4.31) |
133.8 (5.27) |
151.5 (5.96) |
165.3 (6.51) |
191.3 (7.53) |
143.5 (5.65) |
222.7 (8.77) |
227.1 (8.94) |
85.7 (3.37) |
52.2 (2.06) |
1,600.3 (63.00) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 4.8 | 5.1 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 10.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 109.9 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 189.9 | 183.2 | 191.0 | 192.4 | 194.1 | 151.6 | 147.5 | 175.0 | 137.5 | 144.8 | 160.3 | 174.7 | 2,041.7 |
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency[4][5] |
Surrounding municipalities
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[6] the population of Hirono has remained relatively steady for the past 60 years.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1920 | 5,202 | — |
1930 | 4,672 | −10.2% |
1940 | 4,853 | +3.9% |
1950 | 6,214 | +28.0% |
1960 | 5,934 | −4.5% |
1970 | 4,939 | −16.8% |
1980 | 5,335 | +8.0% |
1990 | 5,591 | +4.8% |
2000 | 5,813 | +4.0% |
2010 | 5,418 | −6.8% |
2020 | 5,412 | −0.1% |
History
The area of present-day Hirono was part of
2011 earthquake and tsunami
The eastern, coastal portion of Hirono was inundated by devastating
Economy
The economy of Hirono is heavily dependent on agriculture. The
Education
Hirono has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Fukushima Board of Education.
Transportation
Railway
Highway
- Jōban Expressway - Hirono Interchange
- National Route 6
References
- ^ a b Official statistics from home page (in Japanese)
- ^ "Home Page" (in Japanese). Hirono Town. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ Hirono climate data
- ^ 観測史上1~10位の値(年間を通じての値). JMA. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ 気象庁 / 平年値(年・月ごとの値). JMA. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ Hirono population statistics
- Japan Times, 2 March 2012, p. 1.
- Japan Times, 25 February 2014
External links
- Media related to Hirono, Fukushima at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)