Hough Winter Is The Driest Season

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hough winter is the driest season; rainfall peaks sharply in June and July.

August is the warmest


month of the year. On January 24, 2016, a snowfall of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) was recorded.[28]

hideClimate data for Nagasaki, Nagasaki (1981~


Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
21.3 22.6 24.4 29.0 34.6 36.4
Record high °C (°F)
(70.3) (72.7) (75.9) (84.2) (94.3) (97.5)
10.4 11.7 14.8 19.7 23.5 26.4
Average high °C (°F)
(50.7) (53.1) (58.6) (67.5) (74.3) (79.5)
7.0 7.9 10.9 15.4 19.4 22.8
Daily mean °C (°F)
(44.6) (46.2) (51.6) (59.7) (66.9) (73.0)
3.8 4.4 7.3 11.6 15.8 20.0
Average low °C (°F)
(38.8) (39.9) (45.1) (52.9) (60.4) (68.0)
−5.2 −4.8 −3.6 0.2 5.3 8.9
Record low °C (°F)
(22.6) (23.4) (25.5) (32.4) (41.5) (48.0)
64.0 85.7 132.0 151.3 179.3 314.6
Average precipitation mm (inches)
(2.52) (3.37) (5.20) (5.96) (7.06) (12.39)
2 1 0 0 0 0
Average snowfall cm (inches)
(0.8) (0.4) (0) (0) (0) (0)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.5 mm) 11.1 9.9 12.5 10.8 10.6 13.5
Average snowy days 1.2 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Average relative humidity (%) 66 64 66 68 72 79
Mean monthly sunshine hours 102.8 119.7 148.5 174.7 184.4 135.3
Source 1: Japan Meteorological Agency[29]

Source 2: Japan Meteorological Agency (records

Education[edit]
Universities[edit]
 Nagasaki University
 Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science
 Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies [31]
 Kwassui Women's College
 Nagasaki Junshin University
 Siebold University of Nagasaki
 Nagasaki Wesleyan University
Junior colleges[edit]
 Nagasaki Junior College
 Nagasaki Junshin Women's Junior College
 Tamaki Women's Junior College (玉木女子短期大学)
 Nagasaki Women's Junior College (長崎女子短期大学)

Transportation[edit]

A busy street in Nagasaki


The nearest airport is Nagasaki Airport in the nearby city of Ōmura. The Kyushu Railway
Company (JR Kyushu) provides rail transportation on the Nagasaki Main Line, whose terminal is
at Nagasaki Station. In addition, the Nagasaki Electric Tramway operates five routes in the city.
The Nagasaki Expressway serves vehicular traffic with interchanges at Nagasaki and Susukizuka. In
addition, six national highways crisscross the city: Route 34, 202, 206, 251, 324, and 499.

Demographics[edit]
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On August 9, 1945 the population was estimated to be 263,000. As of March 1, 2017, the city had
population of 505,723 and a population density of 1,000 persons per km2.

Sports[edit]
Nagasaki is represented in the J. League of football with its local club, V-Varen Nagasaki.

Main sites[edit]
A plaque and the Peace Statue at the Nagasaki Peace Park

Monument at the atomic bomb hypocenter in Nagasaki

Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
Sōfuku-ji (National treasure of Japan)

 Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan


 Confucius Shrine, Nagasaki
 Dejima Museum of History
 Former residence of Shuhan Takashima
 Former site of Latin Seminario
 Former site of the British Consulate in Nagasaki
 Former site of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Nagasaki Branch
 Glover Garden
o Former Glover Residence
o Former Alt Residence
o Former Ringer Residence
o Former Walker Residence
 Fukusai-ji
 Gunkanjima
 Higashi-Yamate Juniban Mansion
 Kazagashira Park
 Kofukuji
 Megane Bridge
 Mount Inasa
 Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum[32] (Located next to the Peace Park)
 Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture [33]
 Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
 Nagasaki Peace Park
o Atomic Bomb Hypocenter (Located near the Peace Park)
 Nagasaki Peace Pagoda
 Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium[34]
 Nagasaki Chinatown
 Nagasaki Science Museum[34]
 Nagasaki Subtropical Botanical Garden
 Nyoko-do Hermitage
 Oranda-zaka
 Sannō Shrine – One-legged stone torii, sometimes called an arch or gateway
 Sakamoto International Cemetery
 Shōfuku-ji
 Siebold Memorial Museum
 Sōfuku-ji – Daiyūhōden and Daiippomon are national treasures of Japan.
 Suwa Shrine
 Syusaku Endo Literature Museum
 Tateyama Park
 Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum and Monument
 Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
 Urakami Cathedral
 Miyo-Ken, a temple where the white snake is worshipped [35]
Cityscape[edit]

A view of Nagasaki City seen from Kazatoyama Park. The right side is the center of Nagasaki city. The ship
that leaves the port in the center goes to the southwest (back left) sea

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