Nayoro (名寄市, Nayoro-shi, Ainu: Nay Oro meaning "in the middle of the valley") is a city in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Nayoro
名寄市 | |
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City | |
![]() Nayoro City Hall | |
![]() Flag ![]() Seal | |
![]() Location of Nayoro in Hokkaido (Kamikawa Subprefecture) | |
![]() ![]() Nayoro Location in Japan | |
Coordinates: 44°21′21″N 142°27′48″E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Hokkaido |
Prefecture | Hokkaido (Kamikawa Subprefecture) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Takeshi Kato |
Area | |
• Total | 535.23 km2 (206.65 sq mi) |
Population (September 2016) | |
• Total | 28,373 |
• Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
City hall address | 1-1 Ōdōri Minami, Nayoro-shi, Hokkaido 096-8686 |
Climate | Dfb |
Website | www |
Symbols | |
Bird | Great spotted woodpecker |
Flower | Ōbana enreisō (Trillium kamtschaticum) |
Tree | Japanese white birch |
Mascot | Nayoro-kun (なよろう) |
As of September 2016[update], the city has an estimated population of 28,373 and a population density of 53 persons per km2 (140 persons per sq. mi.). The total area is 535.23 km2 (206.65 sq mi).
On March 27, 2006, the town of Fūren was merged into Nayoro.
The Nayoro Main Line and Shimmei Line used to run from Nayoro Station.
Above are stations located in Nayoro.
Nayoro is linked with National Route 40 linking Wakkanai and southern Hokkaido as well as the Hokkaidō Expressway linking with the island capital of Sapporo. Nayoro is bypassed to the west with the Nayoro Bypass (Route 40) serving two interchanges.
Nayoro has a wet and snowy warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The climate retains warm and sometimes hot summers with very cold winters by Japanese standards, coupled with heavy sea-effect snowfall.
Climate data for Nayoro (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) | 5.3 (41.5) |
10.1 (50.2) |
14.8 (58.6) |
26.4 (79.5) |
32.2 (90.0) |
35.4 (95.7) |
36.4 (97.5) |
35.6 (96.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
36.4 (97.5) |
Average high °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
2.0 (35.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
5.3 (41.5) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.6 (16.5) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
3.8 (38.8) |
10.8 (51.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
5.8 (42.4) |
Average low °C (°F) | −14.7 (5.5) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
4.1 (39.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
9.9 (49.8) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
0.3 (32.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −34.5 (−30.1) |
−35.7 (−32.3) |
−30.2 (−22.4) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
4.3 (39.7) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−18.1 (−0.6) |
−29.4 (−20.9) |
−35.7 (−32.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 49.4 (1.94) |
38.7 (1.52) |
44.2 (1.74) |
45.5 (1.79) |
60.6 (2.39) |
65.2 (2.57) |
129.4 (5.09) |
136.1 (5.36) |
138.1 (5.44) |
115.6 (4.55) |
108.5 (4.27) |
83.1 (3.27) |
1,006.8 (39.64) |
Average snowfall cm (inches) | 186 (73) |
147 (58) |
128 (50) |
33 (13) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
3 (1.2) |
104 (41) |
225 (89) |
829 (326) |
Average rainy days | 16.6 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 16.1 | 19.3 | 21.3 | 167.5 |
Average snowy days | 20.5 | 18.2 | 16.0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 10.2 | 22.2 | 92.1 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 58.6 | 79.1 | 116.2 | 147.9 | 178.1 | 159.7 | 148.7 | 142.0 | 139.4 | 109.9 | 50.7 | 37.6 | 1,367.8 |
Source 1: JMA[1] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: JMA[2] |
Nayoro's mascot is Nayoro-kun (なよろう). He is a mochi alien who loves star watching and collecting toys. He carries a telescope all the time to study the stars. He is designed by Sakiko Yatani from Ebetsu and was named by Ayumi Hagiwara from Sapporo.[3][4]
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List of mergers in Hokkaido |