{
  "name": "Toyama",
  "type": "city",
  "url": "https://snowingplaces.com/cities/toyama/",
  "summary": "City on the Sea of Japan coast below the Tateyama mountains, with heavy winter snow.",
  "location": {
    "country": "Japan",
    "region": "Toyama",
    "latitude": 36.7,
    "longitude": 137.21
  },
  "elevationMetres": {
    "city": 10
  },
  "factsVerified": false,
  "forecast": {
    "status": "out of season",
    "resumes": "November"
  },
  "snowRecord": {
    "metric": "average days per month with at least 1 cm of snowfall",
    "period": "2016–2025",
    "source": "ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo",
    "elevation": "city centre",
    "daysPerMonth": {
      "january": 8.8,
      "february": 7.6,
      "march": 2.4,
      "april": 0.2,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 0.1,
      "december": 6.7
    },
    "shareOfAnnualSnowfallPercent": {
      "january": 40,
      "february": 32,
      "march": 6,
      "april": 0,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 0,
      "december": 22
    },
    "averageDailyTemperatureC": {
      "january": {
        "low": 0.1,
        "high": 6.3
      },
      "february": {
        "low": 0,
        "high": 6.9
      },
      "march": {
        "low": 3,
        "high": 11.8
      },
      "april": {
        "low": 7.8,
        "high": 16.4
      },
      "may": {
        "low": 12.7,
        "high": 21.5
      },
      "june": {
        "low": 17.6,
        "high": 24.8
      },
      "july": {
        "low": 22.6,
        "high": 29.1
      },
      "august": {
        "low": 23.7,
        "high": 30.5
      },
      "september": {
        "low": 20.3,
        "high": 26.7
      },
      "october": {
        "low": 13.6,
        "high": 20.5
      },
      "november": {
        "low": 7.8,
        "high": 15.3
      },
      "december": {
        "low": 2.7,
        "high": 9.2
      }
    },
    "wintersAsPercentOfAverage": {
      "2016/17": 70,
      "2017/18": 92,
      "2018/19": 54,
      "2019/20": 11,
      "2020/21": 101,
      "2021/22": 114,
      "2022/23": 78,
      "2023/24": 91,
      "2024/25": 242,
      "2025/26": 147
    },
    "holidays": {
      "christmas": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 6,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 7
      },
      "newYear": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 9,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 7
      },
      "midFebruary": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 9,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 10
      },
      "easter": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      },
      "midJuly": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      }
    },
    "note": "Absolute snowfall and depth are not published: ERA5 underestimates them in mountain terrain."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Toyama on Wikidata",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204266"
    },
    {
      "label": "Elevation from the Open-Meteo terrain model at the city centre coordinates",
      "url": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/elevation-api"
    }
  ],
  "methodology": "https://snowingplaces.com/methodology/",
  "attribution": "snowingplaces.com. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com."
}