Sendai has a moderate, humid subtropical (K�ppen Cfa), climate, with neither the very hot summers of Tokyo nor the snowbound winters of Sapporo. Winters are cool and relatively dry, with January temperatures averaging 1.5 �C (34.7 �F). Summers are very warm and much of the year's precipitation is delivered at this time, with a August average of 24.1 �C (75.4 �F). The city is rarely hit by typhoons, and experiences only 6 days with more than 10 centimetres (4 in) of rainfall on average. Sendai's rainy season usually begins in late June to early July, which is later than in most cities in Japan. During this season, cold winds from the Okhotsk air mass, called "Yamase", blow in and depress daytime highs.
Extremes range from ?11.7 to +36.8 �C (11 to 98 �F)
