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Iriomote is also home to Pinaisara Falls, the largest waterfall in Okinawa Prefecture. [9] Iriomote has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average yearly temperature is 23.9 °C (75.0 °F), and the average monthly temperature ranges from 18.5 °C (65.3 °F) in January to 28.9 °C (84.0 °F) in July.
Japan minimum temperature extremes, by month; Month Highest minimum temperatures Lowest minimum temperatures °C °F Location and date °C °F Location and date January 26.0 78.8: Minami-Tori-shima (9 Jan 2021) −41.0 −41.8: Asahikawa (25 Jan 1902) February 24.5 76.1: Iriomote Island (11 Feb 2010) Ishigaki, Okinawa (11 Feb 2010) −38.3 −36.9
The lowest was −41.0 °C (−41.8 °F) in Asahikawa on 25 January 1902. However an unofficial −41.5 °C was taken in Bifuka on 27 January 1931. Mount Fuji broke the Japanese record lows for each month except January, February, March, and December. Record lows for any month were taken as recently as 1984.
The coconut crab is the largest terrestrial hermit crab of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands. [42] It is an endangered species due to over-hunting, which has made them scarce on Okinawa island. [ 42 ] In 2021, coconut crabs were found to live in a small cave system on the islet Nagashima off the Henoko district.
The umbrella term Pacific Islands has taken on several meanings. [1] Sometimes it is used to refer only to the islands defined as lying within Oceania. [2] [3] [4] At other times, it is used to refer to the islands of the Pacific Ocean that were previously colonized by the British, French, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, or Japanese, or by the United States.
This is a list of countries and sovereign states by temperature. Average yearly temperature is calculated by averaging the minimum and maximum daily temperatures in the country, averaged for the years 1991 – 2020, from World Bank Group , derived from raw gridded climatologies from the Climatic Research Unit .
GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador (AP) — Warm morning light reflects from the remains of a natural rock arch near Darwin Island, one of the most remote islands in the Galapagos. The 2021 collapse of ...
The ocean temperature plays a crucial role in the global climate system, ocean currents and for marine habitats. It varies depending on depth, geographical location and season. Not only does the temperature differ in seawater, so does the salinity. Warm surface water is generally saltier than the cooler deep or polar waters. [1]