City in Hokkaido, Japan
Hokuto (北斗市, Hokuto-shi) is a city in the center of the Oshima Subprefecture in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.[1] It serves as a bedroom community for Hakodate, to the east of the city.[2] Hokuto was formed on February 1, 2006, from merging the town of Kamiiso, from Kamiiso District, and the town of Ōno, from Kameda District. Hokuto is the third city to be established in Oshima. (The second, Kameda, no longer exists, being dissolved just two years after its founding in 1971). Hokuto is the second largest city in Oshima by population after the city of Hakodate.[1]
Geography
Hokuto is in the middle of Oshima, a peninsula in Hokkaido's south. The southeast portion is mostly plains and the western part is more mountainous. The south borders the Hakodate Bay. The Ōno River runs north and south through the middle of Hokuto.
- Mountain: Katsuratake (734m)
- Rivers: Ōno, Hekirichi
- Lake: Kamiiso
- Forest parks: Hachirounuma Koen
Neighboring regions
Climate
| Climate data for Hokuto, Hokkaido (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1976−present)
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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| Record high °C (°F)
|
9.2
(48.6)
|
10.7
(51.3)
|
16.7
(62.1)
|
25.1
(77.2)
|
28.2
(82.8)
|
29.5
(85.1)
|
33.6
(92.5)
|
34.5
(94.1)
|
32.5
(90.5)
|
28.2
(82.8)
|
21.2
(70.2)
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16.3
(61.3)
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34.5
(94.1)
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| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
0.2
(32.4)
|
1.0
(33.8)
|
5.0
(41.0)
|
11.6
(52.9)
|
16.9
(62.4)
|
20.5
(68.9)
|
23.9
(75.0)
|
25.8
(78.4)
|
22.9
(73.2)
|
16.7
(62.1)
|
9.3
(48.7)
|
2.4
(36.3)
|
13.0
(55.4)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
−3.5
(25.7)
|
−2.9
(26.8)
|
0.9
(33.6)
|
6.6
(43.9)
|
11.8
(53.2)
|
15.9
(60.6)
|
19.8
(67.6)
|
21.5
(70.7)
|
18.0
(64.4)
|
11.5
(52.7)
|
5.0
(41.0)
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−1.2
(29.8)
|
8.6
(47.5)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
−8.1
(17.4)
|
−7.8
(18.0)
|
−3.7
(25.3)
|
1.5
(34.7)
|
7.0
(44.6)
|
11.9
(53.4)
|
16.6
(61.9)
|
17.9
(64.2)
|
13.4
(56.1)
|
6.3
(43.3)
|
0.6
(33.1)
|
−5.2
(22.6)
|
4.2
(39.6)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−19.6
(−3.3)
|
−19.4
(−2.9)
|
−16.1
(3.0)
|
−10.8
(12.6)
|
−1.2
(29.8)
|
4.0
(39.2)
|
8.4
(47.1)
|
9.2
(48.6)
|
2.0
(35.6)
|
−3.3
(26.1)
|
−14.8
(5.4)
|
−18.6
(−1.5)
|
−19.6
(−3.3)
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| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
67.0
(2.64)
|
55.8
(2.20)
|
56.1
(2.21)
|
68.6
(2.70)
|
86.4
(3.40)
|
79.8
(3.14)
|
129.5
(5.10)
|
158.5
(6.24)
|
142.6
(5.61)
|
111.7
(4.40)
|
106.2
(4.18)
|
87.5
(3.44)
|
1,149.7
(45.26)
|
| Average rainy days
|
14.8
|
12.3
|
12.2
|
10.1
|
10.3
|
8.3
|
9.6
|
9.4
|
11.0
|
12.1
|
14.3
|
16.1
|
140.5
|
| Mean monthly sunshine hours
|
66.8
|
83.1
|
133.5
|
172.2
|
189.2
|
161.7
|
116.7
|
137.2
|
152.8
|
147.9
|
97.0
|
63.5
|
1,521.6
|
| Source 1: JMA[3]
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| Source 2: JMA[4]
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Transportation
Rail
Oshima-Ōno Station was scheduled to be rebuilt and renamed Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station by the time the Hokkaido Shinkansen in March 2016.
Road
