Taiki (大樹町, Taiki-chō) is a town located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Taiki
大樹町 | |
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Town | |
Taiki Town hall | |
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![]() Location of Taiki in Hokkaido (Tokachi Subprefecture) | |
![]() ![]() Taiki Location in Japan | |
Coordinates: 42°30′N 143°17′E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Hokkaido |
Prefecture | Hokkaido (Tokachi Subprefecture) |
District | Hiroo |
Area | |
• Total | 816.38 km2 (315.21 sq mi) |
Population (September 30, 2016) | |
• Total | 5,742 |
• Density | 7.0/km2 (18/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
Climate | Dfb |
Website | www |
As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 5,742 and a density of 7 persons per km2. The total area is 816.38 km2.
The region hosts the rocket launch site for Interstellar Technologies, the Taiki Aerospace Research Field, which is a JAXA facility.[1][2]
Climate data for Taiki (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) | 9.0 (48.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
32.7 (90.9) |
35.2 (95.4) |
34.9 (94.8) |
35.8 (96.4) |
33.4 (92.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
35.8 (96.4) |
Average high °C (°F) | −1.8 (28.8) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.3 (37.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
15.8 (60.4) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
20.8 (69.4) |
15.4 (59.7) |
8.5 (47.3) |
1.0 (33.8) |
11.3 (52.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.8 (16.2) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.4 (56.1) |
17.3 (63.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
5.6 (42.1) |
Average low °C (°F) | −16.8 (1.8) |
−16.8 (1.8) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
13.6 (56.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
10.9 (51.6) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −29.1 (−20.4) |
−29.8 (−21.6) |
−26.2 (−15.2) |
−16.0 (3.2) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
4.5 (40.1) |
6.2 (43.2) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
−28.1 (−18.6) |
−29.8 (−21.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 33.7 (1.33) |
26.9 (1.06) |
49.2 (1.94) |
71.2 (2.80) |
107.1 (4.22) |
109.0 (4.29) |
132.9 (5.23) |
166.2 (6.54) |
202.2 (7.96) |
128.5 (5.06) |
72.9 (2.87) |
46.3 (1.82) |
1,146 (45.12) |
Average snowfall cm (inches) | 162 (64) |
139 (55) |
130 (51) |
44 (17) |
3 (1.2) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
25 (9.8) |
123 (48) |
627 (247) |
Average rainy days | 5.7 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 6.5 | 102.4 |
Average snowy days | 16.7 | 15.2 | 14.6 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 12.4 | 67.4 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 162.6 | 157.9 | 187.2 | 177.6 | 174.8 | 137.9 | 116.1 | 122.7 | 136.2 | 163.0 | 154.8 | 154.0 | 1,844.8 |
Source 1: JMA[3] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: JMA[4] |
Taiki's mascot is Cospy (コスピー, Kosupī). She is a bright and gentle cosmos flower fairy. She usually ends her sentences with "pi" (ぴ). Her dream is to join JAXA. Her birthday is October 1.[5][6]
Japanese startup Interstellar Technologies is investigating the failure of its Momo suborbital sounding rocket, which blew up immediately after liftoff on its second flight on June 30 at Taiki-cho on Hokkaido.
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