RJCO — Sapporo Okadama Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Sapporo city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. September typically brings about 3 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).

Fog hours per year
73 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
December and August
Typical fog event
~1 h once it forms (middle half 1–2 h, n=224)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Sapporo Okadama Airport spends 73 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in December and August. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~14 hJanFebruary: ~11 hFebMarch: ~4 hMarApril: ~1 hAprMay: ~1 hMayJune: ~0 hJunJuly: ~0 hJulAugust: ~17 hAugSeptember: ~3 hSepOctober: ~0 hOctNovember: ~3 hNovDecember: ~25 hDec
Fog season is January, February, August, December, peaking in December; fog is mostly a midnight–midnight phenomenon; typically thinning out by 1 AM; a typical event lasts about 1 hour once it forms local time · 10-yr average

For flight operations

EFVS crews: the CHASE board ranks airports by live fog status, approach lighting, go-around height and flight time from your base. Forecast probabilities publish here per-airport once the calibrated model beats climatology on live verification — receipts on the scorecard. Methodology.

Sources: NOAA/NWS National Blend of Models guidance · METAR observations 2016–2026 (Iowa Environmental Mesonet) · FAA NASR. Machine access: data.json · llms.txt. Not for operational use.