 The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.4 °C.The area of present-day Matsukawa was part of ancient Shinano Province and was part of the territory controlled by Matsumoto Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of the Edo period.The modern village of Matsukawa was established on April 1, 1889 by the establishment of the municipalities system.