Asakita-ku, Hiroshima
# Asakita-ku, Hiroshima

Asakita-ku (安佐北区) is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima.

The northern portion contains what was Asa-gun and southern Takata-gun, now defunct districts (see Takata District, Hiroshima). Asa-gun consisted of Kabe-cho, Kōyō-cho, Asa-cho. Takata-gun included Shiraki-cho. After the four towns were merged with Hiroshima in 1973, they were designated a ward and named Asakita-ku.

As of April 1, 2006, the ward has an estimated population of 156,516 and a density of 442.95 persons per $km^2.$ The total area is 353.35 $km^2.$

The Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's College is located in Asakita-ku.

## Geography

### Climate

Asakita-ku has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) characterized by cool to mild winters and hot, humid summers. The average annual temperature in Asakita-ku is 14.9 °C (58.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,678.3 mm (66.07 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.0 °C (80.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.5 °C (38.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Asakita-ku was 38.9 °C (102.0 °F) on 16 July 1994; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −18.6 °C (−1.5 °F) on 27 February 1981.

Climate data for Asakita-ku, Hiroshima (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1979−present) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) | 20.4 (68.7) | 23.2 (73.8) | 29.8 (85.6) | 33.7 (92.7) | 35.0 (95.0) | 38.9 (102.0) | 38.1 (100.6) | 36.9 (98.4) | 31.6 (88.9) | 24.9 (76.8) | 19.9 (67.8) | 38.9 (102.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) | 9.8 (49.6) | 13.8 (56.8) | 19.7 (67.5) | 24.6 (76.3) | 27.3 (81.1) | 30.8 (87.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 28.5 (83.3) | 22.9 (73.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 10.8 (51.4) | 20.5 (68.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) | 4.4 (39.9) | 7.8 (46.0) | 13.3 (55.9) | 18.2 (64.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 26.0 (78.8) | 27.0 (80.6) | 22.9 (73.2) | 16.8 (62.2) | 10.8 (51.4) | 5.5 (41.9) | 14.9 (58.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) | −0.1 (31.8) | 2.5 (36.5) | 7.3 (45.1) | 12.5 (54.5) | 17.7 (63.9) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.8 (73.0) | 18.7 (65.7) | 12.0 (53.6) | 6.1 (43.0) | 1.4 (34.5) | 10.2 (50.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.1 (17.4) | −8.6 (16.5) | −5.0 (23.0) | −1.2 (29.8) | 3.2 (37.8) | 8.8 (47.8) | 14.8 (58.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 8.0 (46.4) | 1.7 (35.1) | −2.7 (27.1) | −6.0 (21.2) | −8.6 (16.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 61.5 (2.42) | 73.6 (2.90) | 122.0 (4.80) | 138.7 (5.46) | 170.0 (6.69) | 224.2 (8.83) | 294.5 (11.59) | 159.7 (6.29) | 184.6 (7.27) | 105.9 (4.17) | 71.4 (2.81) | 72.4 (2.85) | 1,678.3 (66.07) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.1 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 10.1 | 114.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 105.3 | 119.3 | 159.1 | 184.2 | 200.4 | 137.6 | 152.4 | 189.9 | 152.8 | 166.6 | 135.9 | 110.3 | 1,813 |
| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency ||||||||||||||
