平年

へいねん

Meanings

1. Noun non-leap year
2. average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.); normal year

Kanji

• 平 flat. Read as ヘイ.
• 年 year. Read as ネン.

Example sentences

• 今年の冬は、気温が平年より高めです。
  The temperature is above average this winter.

Common phrases

• 平年より高い
• 平年を上回る
• 平年を下回る

Words containing 平年

• 平年値 (へいねんち) climatological normal (30-year average of a climatic element)
• 平年並み (へいねんなみ) similar to that of an average year
• 平年作 (へいねんさく) normal crop

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