# Kita-ku, Okayama

Kita-ku (北区) is one of four wards of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 451.03 km$^2$ and a population of 295,312. The population density is 655 per square kilometer. The name means "North Ward."
The wards of Okayama were established when Okayama became a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2009.
The city has its municipal headquarters in kita-ku.
The South Korean government maintains the Korea Education Institution (Korean: 오카야마한국교육원, Japanese: 岡山韓国教育院) in Kita-ku.

## Geography
### Climate

Kurashiki has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Kurashiki is 14.0 °C (57.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,249.8 mm (49.20 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.3 °C (79.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.5 °C (36.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Kurashiki was 39.0 °C (102.2 °F) on 16 July 1994; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.1 °C (13.8 °F) on 9 January 2021.
Climate data for Fukuwatari, Kita-ku (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1979−present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) | 21.9 (71.4) | 24.4 (75.9) | 29.7 (85.5) | 32.8 (91.0) | 35.7 (96.3) | 39.0 (102.2) | 38.3 (100.9) | 36.4 (97.5) | 31.8 (89.2) | 25.0 (77.0) | 19.7 (67.5) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) | 9.8 (49.6) | 13.6 (56.5) | 19.6 (67.3) | 24.6 (76.3) | 27.4 (81.3) | 31.1 (88.0) | 32.5 (90.5) | 28.3 (82.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 10.9 (51.6) | 20.5 (68.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) | 3.3 (37.9) | 6.7 (44.1) | 12.2 (54.0) | 17.3 (63.1) | 21.5 (70.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.3 (79.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 15.9 (60.6) | 9.7 (49.5) | 4.5 (40.1) | 14.0 (57.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) | −1.9 (28.6) | 0.7 (33.3) | 5.4 (41.7) | 10.9 (51.6) | 16.6 (61.9) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.9 (71.4) | 17.6 (63.7) | 10.9 (51.6) | 4.7 (40.5) | −0.1 (31.8) | 8.8 (47.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.1 (13.8) | −9.5 (14.9) | −6.5 (20.3) | −3.7 (25.3) | 0.5 (32.9) | 6.6 (43.9) | 12.0 (53.6) | 13.9 (57.0) | 5.6 (42.1) | 0.2 (32.4) | −3.1 (26.4) | −7.7 (18.1) | −10.1 (13.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 40.4 (1.59) | 48.5 (1.91) | 91.9 (3.62) | 102.1 (4.02) | 131.0 (5.16) | 171.0 (6.73) | 200.3 (7.89) | 111.2 (4.38) | 159.2 (6.27) | 95.6 (3.76) | 56.5 (2.22) | 46.7 (1.84) | 1,249.8 (49.20) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.4 | 6.6 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 99.5 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 144.1 | 142.3 | 174.0 | 192.3 | 202.9 | 142.1 | 156.6 | 193.8 | 157.8 | 169.6 | 147.6 | 139.1 | 1,962.1 |
| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency ||||||||||||||
Climate data for Okayama Airport/Nichiō-ji, Kita-ku (2003−2020 normals, extremes 2003−present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.8 (60.4) | 21.0 (69.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 31.1 (88.0) | 34.1 (93.4) | 37.0 (98.6) | 36.4 (97.5) | 36.0 (96.8) | 30.7 (87.3) | 23.7 (74.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 37.0 (98.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) | 8.9 (48.0) | 12.7 (54.9) | 18.4 (65.1) | 23.3 (73.9) | 26.2 (79.2) | 29.6 (85.3) | 31.4 (88.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 21.8 (71.2) | 16.0 (60.8) | 9.9 (49.8) | 19.4 (67.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) | 3.9 (39.0) | 7.1 (44.8) | 12.6 (54.7) | 17.7 (63.9) | 21.4 (70.5) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.4 (79.5) | 22.5 (72.5) | 16.8 (62.2) | 10.9 (51.6) | 5.2 (41.4) | 14.4 (57.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.4 (29.5) | −0.8 (30.6) | 1.7 (35.1) | 6.9 (44.4) | 12.2 (54.0) | 17.3 (63.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 22.6 (72.7) | 18.7 (65.7) | 12.3 (54.1) | 6.2 (43.2) | 0.7 (33.3) | 9.8 (49.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.1 (15.6) | −8.1 (17.4) | −4.9 (23.2) | −2.1 (28.2) | 3.4 (38.1) | 9.1 (48.4) | 14.8 (58.6) | 15.4 (59.7) | 10.7 (51.3) | 4.6 (40.3) | −2.3 (27.9) | −5.9 (21.4) | −9.1 (15.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 30.4 (1.20) | 50.6 (1.99) | 85.4 (3.36) | 100.8 (3.97) | 116.5 (4.59) | 170.1 (6.70) | 208.3 (8.20) | 104.8 (4.13) | 155.8 (6.13) | 96.3 (3.79) | 57.3 (2.26) | 52.0 (2.05) | 1,228.3 (48.36) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 4.6 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 94.4 |
| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency ||||||||||||||