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In July 2024, temperatures in Japan reached 2.16°C higher than its July averages, breaking the record set in July 2023 at 1.91°C higher. [1] On 29 July, temperatures reached 41 °C (106 °F) at Sano in Tochigi Prefecture , and met or exceeded 40 °C (104 °F) in six other locations that included Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture.
The highest recorded temperature in Japan was 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) on 23 July 2018, an unverified record of 42.7 °C was taken in Adachi, Tokyo on 20 July 2004. The high humidity and the maritime influence make temperatures in the 40s rare, with summers dominated by a more stable subtropical monsoon pattern through most of Japan.
Tokyo suffered an extreme heatwave one hundred years earlier, which peaked at 35.7 °C (96.3 °F) on 7 August 1922. [7]Japan was also badly affected by the 2018 Northeast Asia heat wave, which saw 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) being reached in Kumagaya, 65 km (40 mi) northwest of Tokyo, constituting an all-time high for all of Japan. [8]
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 41.1°C in Hamamatsu on August 17, 2020, and Kumagaya on July, 23, 2018, while the minimum recorded temperature was −41.0 °C (−41.8 °F) in Asahikawa ...
Throughout much of July 2018, a record-breaking heat wave affected large areas of Northeast Asia including Japan, North Korea, South Korea and China.Many areas in Japan experienced temperatures in excess of 35 °C (95 °F), and Kumagaya recorded a maximum temperature of 40.8 °C (105.4 °F) on 23 July – the highest ever observed in the country.
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 ) .
Japan is one of the largest greenhouse gas polluters, both nationally and per person. [4] Japan has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. [5] In 2019 Japan emitted 1212 Mt CO 2eq, [6] The per capita CO 2 emissions were 9.31 tonnes in 2017 [7] and was the 5th largest producer of carbon emissions. [8]
Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System (AMeDAS), commonly known in Japanese as "アメダス" (amedasu), is a high-resolution surface observation network developed by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) used for gathering regional weather data and verifying forecast performance. The system began operating on 1 November 1974, and ...