Miki, Hyōgo
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Miki
三木市 | |
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 Ōmiya Hachiman Shrine autumn festival | |
 Flag .svg) Emblem | |
 Location of Miki in Hyōgo | |
  Miki Location in Japan | |
| Coordinates: 34°47′37″N 134°59′35″E / 34.79361°N 134.99306°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kansai |
| Prefecture | Hyōgo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yoshihide Yabumoto (since January 2006) |
| Area | |
• Total | 176.58 km2 (68.18 sq mi) |
| Population (April 1, 2017) | |
• Total | 76,370 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| City hall address | 10-30 Uenomaru, Miki-shi, Hyogo-ken 673-0492 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | www |
| Symbols | |
| Flower | Rhododendron |
| Tree | Pinus |
Miki (三木市, Miki-shi) is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was founded on June 1, 1954.
As of April 1, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 76,370 and a population density of 430 persons per km². The total area is 176.58 km².
Miki is located northwest of downtown Kobe and is bounded to the south and east.
On October 24, 2005, the town of Yokawa (from Mino District) was merged into Miki.
Geography
Climate
Miki has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with hot summers and cool to cold winters. Precipitation is significantly higher in summer than in winter, though on the whole lower than most parts of Honshū, and there is no significant snowfall. The average annual temperature in Miki is 15.1 °C (59.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,220.7 mm (48.06 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.1 °C (80.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.8 °C (38.8 °F).[1] The highest temperature ever recorded in Miki was 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) on 24 July 2018; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.3 °C (17.1 °F) on 27 February 1981.[2]
| Climate data for Miki (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
19.2 (66.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
28.2 (82.8) |
30.9 (87.6) |
34.9 (94.8) |
37.8 (100.0) |
36.4 (97.5) |
34.1 (93.4) |
30.5 (86.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
21.6 (70.9) |
37.8 (100.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.2 (46.8) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
18.1 (64.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
26.0 (78.8) |
29.5 (85.1) |
31.4 (88.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
19.6 (67.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) |
4.4 (39.9) |
7.8 (46.0) |
13.2 (55.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
25.8 (78.4) |
27.1 (80.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
11.5 (52.7) |
6.2 (43.2) |
15.0 (59.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) |
0.1 (32.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
8.2 (46.8) |
13.5 (56.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
7.0 (44.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
10.9 (51.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.2 (20.8) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
8.8 (47.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
8.6 (47.5) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 37.2 (1.46) |
52.8 (2.08) |
93.9 (3.70) |
98.6 (3.88) |
123.1 (4.85) |
158.9 (6.26) |
167.7 (6.60) |
97.8 (3.85) |
164.6 (6.48) |
119.9 (4.72) |
64.4 (2.54) |
47.7 (1.88) |
1,220.7 (48.06) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.1 | 6.4 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 6.7 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 98.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 145.5 | 138.2 | 165.6 | 191.6 | 194.5 | 143.4 | 169.7 | 214.5 | 152.3 | 166.3 | 149.2 | 146.3 | 1,973.3 |
| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency[2][1] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
Culture
The Ōmiya Hachiman Shrine is an important local Shinto institution. Several structures at Gayain are important cultural properties.
The ruins of Miki Castle are situated in Miki.
Transport
Miki is accessed with National Route 175 and an expressway. There are several bus routes from neighbouring cities and a town. It is also accessed with Kobe Electric Railway from Kobe and Sanda and Ono.
Sister cities
Visalia, California, USA
Corowa, NSW, Australia
Notable people from Miki, Hyōgo
- Tsutomu Oosugi, Japanese professional wrestler
- Yuki Kadono, Japanese snowboarder (Slopestyle)
- Ōtsukasa Nobuhide, former sumo wrestler
- Takashi Shimizu, Japanese professional baseball player (Catcher)
External links
- Official website
(in Japanese)
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- ^ a b 気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）. JMA. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ^ a b 観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）. JMA. Retrieved April 8, 2022.