# Ōmu, Hokkaido

Ōmu (雄武町, Ōmu-chō) is a town located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 4,596 and a population density of 7.2 persons per km². The total area is 637.03 km².

## Climate

Omu has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) with warm summers and cold winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Ōmu was 35.3 °C (95.5 °F) on 17 August 2023. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −27.5 °C (−17.5 °F) on 18 February 1978.
Climate data for Ōmu (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1942−present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) | 12.5 (54.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 28.1 (82.6) | 33.4 (92.1) | 35.1 (95.2) | 35.2 (95.4) | 35.3 (95.5) | 32.3 (90.1) | 25.3 (77.5) | 21.5 (70.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 35.2 (95.4) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) | 6.1 (43.0) | 11.6 (52.9) | 19.8 (67.6) | 26.6 (79.9) | 28.1 (82.6) | 29.6 (85.3) | 30.6 (87.1) | 27.4 (81.3) | 21.7 (71.1) | 16.2 (61.2) | 7.3 (45.1) | 32.1 (89.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) | −2.1 (28.2) | 2.1 (35.8) | 8.6 (47.5) | 13.8 (56.8) | 16.2 (61.2) | 20.1 (68.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 20.5 (68.9) | 14.6 (58.3) | 6.7 (44.1) | 0.0 (32.0) | 10.0 (50.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) | −6.1 (21.0) | −1.7 (28.9) | 4.1 (39.4) | 9.0 (48.2) | 12.3 (54.1) | 16.5 (61.7) | 18.8 (65.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 9.8 (49.6) | 2.9 (37.2) | −3.3 (26.1) | 6.0 (42.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.9 (12.4) | −11.7 (10.9) | −6.4 (20.5) | −0.7 (30.7) | 4.0 (39.2) | 8.4 (47.1) | 13.2 (55.8) | 15.2 (59.4) | 11.2 (52.2) | 4.6 (40.3) | −1.4 (29.5) | −7.7 (18.1) | 1.5 (34.7) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −18.4 (−1.1) | −19.3 (−2.7) | −14.8 (5.4) | −6.6 (20.1) | −2.2 (28.0) | 2.4 (36.3) | 7.7 (45.9) | 9.8 (49.6) | 4.9 (40.8) | −1.3 (29.7) | −8.6 (16.5) | −14.9 (5.2) | −20.2 (−4.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −26.0 (−14.8) | −27.5 (−17.5) | −24.8 (−12.6) | −13.4 (7.9) | −6.2 (20.8) | −1.9 (28.6) | 1.5 (34.7) | 4.8 (40.6) | −0.8 (30.6) | −5.6 (21.9) | −15.1 (4.8) | −20.6 (−5.1) | −27.5 (−17.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 43.3 (1.70) | 36.0 (1.42) | 39.0 (1.54) | 44.6 (1.76) | 61.1 (2.41) | 74.8 (2.94) | 115.1 (4.53) | 133.8 (5.27) | 137.2 (5.40) | 92.3 (3.63) | 77.4 (3.05) | 62.1 (2.44) | 916.5 (36.08) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 84 (33) | 71 (28) | 59 (23) | 17 (6.7) | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | 31 (12) | 83 (33) | 343 (135) |
| Average rainy days | 11.8 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 123.8 |
| Average snowy days | 17.3 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 16.1 | 73.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 77 | 86 | 88 | 85 | 80 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 94.4 | 115.5 | 159.4 | 177.7 | 176.0 | 145.7 | 132.5 | 138.9 | 159.9 | 150.6 | 97.9 | 89.9 | 1,638.3 |
| Source 1: Japan Meteorological Agency ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: Météo Climat ||||||||||||||

## Mascot

Ōmu's mascot is Ikurasujiko (いくらすじ子). She is a salmon who 3 years old but acts like a mature person. She wears a large bag containing items such as nutrients that enables her to do any talents. Her favorite thing to do is being in an onsen while watching the clouds and the sea. She likes people who smile at each other. Her favourite foods are beef and seafood. She can survive in both extremely cold and extremely hot conditions. She wears a hat that looks like a parrot. She was unveiled in March 2019.