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It has an annual average temperature of 25.8 °C (78.4 °F), exceeding the value recorded by all weather stations including Okinawa Prefecture. And the extreme minimum temperature in the region is 13.8 °C (56.8 °F), which is unique in the whole of Japan, because even in Okinawa Prefecture , the minimum temperature of the year tends to be ...
August 11, 1945 - Demoted to the Okinawa Weather Station (沖縄測候所, Okinawa Sokkōjo) November 13, 1946 - Okinawa Weather Station was abolished. January 1950 - The Ryukyu Meteorological Administration ( 琉球気象局 , Ryūkyū Kishōkyoku ) was established.
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.
The climate from June to September is marked by hot, wet weather brought by tropical airflows from the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia. [27] These air flows are full of moisture and deposit substantial amounts of rain when they reach land. [27] There is a marked rainy season, beginning in early June and continuing for about a month. [27]
The month of October was the warmest October ever recorded. [207] October 4 – Monthly record highs were set in Burlington, Vermont, and Syracuse, New York, with temperatures of 86 °F (30 °C) and 89 °F (32 °C). [208] [209]
The Okinawan culture is noted for extreme diversity. The following list is based on south-central Okinawa, and may not be applied to northern Okinawa. Miyako and Yaeyama hold substantially different festivals and observances. Unless otherwise noted, dates are according to the traditional lunisolar calendar. The categories below ("January - May ...
An east–west zone of disturbed weather during spring along this front stretches from the east China coast, initially across Taiwan and Okinawa, later, when it has shifted to the north, eastward into the southern peninsula of South Korea and Japan. [4] In Taiwan and Okinawa, the rainy season usually lasts from May to June. [5]
Typhoon Emma was a strong typhoon that struck Okinawa during the 1959 Pacific typhoon season.An area of severe weather formed near Kwajalein Atoll on October 30, and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) began tracking it as a tropical depression on November 1.