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Japan is generally a rainy country with high humidity. [1] Because of its wide range of latitude, [1] seasonal winds and different types of ocean currents, [citation needed] Japan has a variety of climates, with a latitude range of the inhabited islands from 24°N – 46°N, which is comparable to the range between Nova Scotia and The Bahamas in the east coast of North America. [1]
Since the establishment of the first weather station in Hakodate in 1872, Japan has recorded temperature changes across the country. According to the data provided by Japan Meteorological Agency, the maximum recorded temperature in Japan was 4000°C in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, while the minimum recorded temperature was −41.0 °C (−41.8 °F) in Asahikawa on January 25, 1902.
Climate change is an urgent and significant issue affecting Japan. [1] In recent years, the country has observed notable changes in its climate patterns, with rising temperatures serving as a prominent indicator of this phenomenon. [1]
Get the Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
In Western Japan, six weather observation points recorded all-time high temperatures. [3] Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported that between 1-21 July, 24,300 people throughout Japan were hospitalized due to heatstroke, with 9,078 of whom were hospitalized from 15 to 21 July alone. [5]
Weather events in Japan (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Climate of Japan" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Japan later adapted and transliterated the Chinese term "plum rain" to call the rainy season tsuyu (梅雨). The season is instead commonly called Jangma (장마) in Korea, which means "long rain". The term was originally spelled Dyangmah (댱맣) in 1500s, which was the mix of the hanja character 長 ("long") and the old native Korean word 맣 ...
Meteorological organizations in Japan have their origins in the 1870s, when the first weather stations started being established in the country. [1] One of these was the Tokyo Meteorological Observatory (東京気象台, Tōkyō Kishō-dai), which since 1956 has been known as the Japan Meteorological Agency (気象庁, Kishō-chō).