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02-08-2025
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Japan braces for more heat after hottest July on record – DW – 08/02/2025
Another summer, another record-breaking heat wave in Japan — the country's weather agency is now urging the residents to manage their water consumption in areas with less rain. People in Japanexperienced their hottest July on record this year, with officials warning of "severe heat" to hit northern and western regions of the country in August. Average temperature in July was 2.89 degree Celsius higher than the 1991-2020 average for the same month, the nation's Meteorological agency said on Friday. On July 30, Japan experienced its highest recorded temperature — 41.2C in the western region of Hyogo. For three years in a row, July has brought record-breaking heat to Japan, with the average monthly temperature reaching new heights in 2023, 2024, and now in 2025. This July is the warmest since the Japan Meteorological Agency began recording data in 1898. The amount of rainfall to hit Japan's northern and western regions in July was lower than average. Moreover, the rainy season ended three weeks earlier than usual in western Japan, creating another unwanted record. On Friday, the agency predicted more rainy and cloudy days in the first half of August, but said more sunny days are expected later this month, "Please pay attention to temperature forecasts and heatstroke warning alerts, and take appropriate measures to prevent heatstroke. In areas with less precipitation, please be careful to manage your water," the agency's press release warned. The average temperature for the June to August quarter is "likely to require the record, too," Yoshinori Oikawa, head of the weather agency's Center for Information on Climate Extremes said, as reported by . Experts have warned that Japan's famous cherry trees are bloomer earlier than usual or not blooming completely due to this shift in weather. The winters are not long or cold enough to trigger flowering.
01-07-2025
- Climate
Average Temperature in Japan in June Highest Ever
News from Japan Society Jul 1, 2025 22:22 (JST) Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)--The average temperature in Japan in June was 2.34 degrees Celsius higher than a normal year, marking the highest for the month on record dating back to 1898, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Tuesday. The mercury hit 35 degrees Celsius or higher in many places across the country mainly in mid-June. 'We hadn't expected midsummer-like atmospheric conditions to appear so early and the difference from normal to be so big,' said Yoshinori Oikawa, head of the agency's Center for Information on Climate Extremes. 'We can say that this is an abnormally high temperature.' Oikawa warned that the average temperature in June-August might be like those of the last two years, which marked the highest ever for summer. He called on people to take steps to prevent heatstroke. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.] Jiji Press
