Rikubetsu, Hokkaido

It is located on the edge of the Tokachi Plain at an altitude of {{convert|207|m|ft|0}} above sea level.

As of September 2016, the town has an estimated population of 2,528 and a density of 4.2 persons per km². The total area is 608.81 km².

File:Shibare-kun and Tsurara-chan.png

Rikubetsu's mascots are {{Nihongo|Shibare-kun|しばれ君}} and {{Nihongo|Tsurara-chan|つららちゃん}}.{{cite web |title=しばれ君・つららちゃん |url=https://www.rikubetsu.jp/shokai/shibare_tsurara/ |website=Rikubetsu}}

• Shibare-kun is a Siberian boy from the Amur River area. He sailed to Japan through the trails of drift ice. He carries a thermometer to remind everyone that Rikubetsu is Japan's coldest place.
• Tsurara-chan is a Canadian girl. She flew to Japan through the path of the aurora borealis. Her goal is to prevent climate change.

Rikubetsu is ranked as Japan's coldest area. Daily mean temperature in January is {{convert|-11.4|C|F|1}}, the average low temperature in the end of January and beginning of February are below {{convert|-20|C|F|1}}, which are the coldest in Japan.

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|location = Rikubetsu, Hokkaido (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present)

|Jan record high C = 6.6

|Feb record high C = 13.9

|Mar record high C = 17.4

|Apr record high C = 29.3

|May record high C = 37.8

|Jun record high C = 35.5

|Jul record high C = 35.9

|Aug record high C = 35.1

|Sep record high C = 32.8

|Oct record high C = 27.8

|Nov record high C = 20.0

|Dec record high C = 12.9

|year record high C =

|Jan high C = -2.5

|Feb high C = -1.4

|Mar high C = 3.2

|Apr high C = 10.5

|May high C = 17.1

|Jun high C = 20.6

|Jul high C = 23.7

|Aug high C = 24.4

|Sep high C = 20.8

|Oct high C = 14.7

|Nov high C = 7.1

|Dec high C = -0.2

|year high C =

|Jan mean C = -11.1

|Feb mean C = -9.6

|Mar mean C = -3.1

|Apr mean C = 4.0

|May mean C = 10.1

|Jun mean C = 14.4

|Jul mean C = 18.3

|Aug mean C = 19.1

|Sep mean C = 14.9

|Oct mean C = 7.9

|Nov mean C = 0.7

|Dec mean C = -7.7

|year mean C =

|Jan low C = -19.6

|Feb low C = -18.8

|Mar low C = -10.6

|Apr low C = -2.5

|May low C = 3.4

|Jun low C = 9.1

|Jul low C = 14.0

|Aug low C = 15.0

|Sep low C = 9.8

|Oct low C = 1.8

|Nov low C = -5.3

|Dec low C = -14.9

|year low C =

|Jan record low C = -33.2

|Feb record low C = -33.1

|Mar record low C = -27.6

|Apr record low C = -19.1

|May record low C = -7.2

|Jun record low C = -2.1

|Jul record low C = 2.1

|Aug record low C = 4.2

|Sep record low C = -2.4

|Oct record low C = -9.2

|Nov record low C = -20.9

|Dec record low C = -27.6

|year record low C =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 33.7

|Feb precipitation mm = 20.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 38.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 54.2

|May precipitation mm = 71.5

|Jun precipitation mm = 67.6

|Jul precipitation mm = 106.0

|Aug precipitation mm = 137.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 121.5

|Oct precipitation mm = 83.4

|Nov precipitation mm = 47.7

|Dec precipitation mm = 42.8

|year precipitation mm = 831.8

|Jan snow cm = 97

|Feb snow cm = 74

|Mar snow cm = 80

|Apr snow cm = 25

|May snow cm = 2

|Jun snow cm = 0

|Jul snow cm = 0

|Aug snow cm = 0

|Sep snow cm = 0

|Oct snow cm = 1

|Nov snow cm = 20

|Dec snow cm = 86

|year snow cm = 386

|Jan precipitation days = 7.0

|Feb precipitation days = 5.7

|Mar precipitation days = 8.6

|Apr precipitation days = 9.8

|May precipitation days = 9.9

|Jun precipitation days = 9.0

|Jul precipitation days = 10.0

|Aug precipitation days = 11.1

|Sep precipitation days = 10.6

|Oct precipitation days = 9.1

|Nov precipitation days = 7.9

|Dec precipitation days = 7.8

|year precipitation days = 107.1

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan snow days = 10.9

|Feb snow days = 9.5

|Mar snow days = 11.0

|Apr snow days = 3.1

|May snow days = 0.2

|Jun snow days = 0.0

|Jul snow days = 0.0

|Aug snow days = 0.0

|Sep snow days = 0.0

|Oct snow days = 0.1

|Nov snow days = 2.4

|Dec snow days = 9.2

|year snow days =

|unit snow days = 3 cm

|Jan sun = 151.2

|Feb sun = 150.2

|Mar sun = 172.5

|Apr sun = 168.8

|May sun = 170.8

|Jun sun = 144.5

|Jul sun = 128.1

|Aug sun = 121.6

|Sep sun = 136.8

|Oct sun = 157.9

|Nov sun = 144.1

|Dec sun = 145.6

|year sun = 1792.0

|source = Japan Meteorological Agency{{cite web

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| title = 平年値（年・月ごとの値） | access-date = April 11, 2024 | publisher = Japan Meteorological Agency

}}{{cite web

| url = http://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/rank_a.php?prec_no=20&prec_ch=%8F%5C%8F%9F%92n%95%FB&block_no=0101&block_ch=%97%A4%95%CA&year=&month=&day=&elm=rank&view=

| title = 観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）| access-date = April 11, 2024 | publisher = Japan Meteorological Agency

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• {{Commons category-inline|Rikubetsu, Hokkaido|Rikubetsu, Hokkaidō}}
• [https://www.rikubetsu.jp/ Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}

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