Japan records highest average temperature in 125 years, weather agency says

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Japan’s summer this year has its recorded highest average temperature since records began 125 years ago, the country's weather agency said on Friday.

“In the summer of 2023, the average summer temperature in Japan was considerably higher in northern, eastern and western Japan. Average temperatures in Japan are the highest for summer since 1898,” the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

 

Based on measurements at 15 locations around the country from June through August, the average temperature deviation was +1.76C, the agency said. That exceeded the previous record of +1.08C in 2010.

 

Between 16 July and 23 August, the maximum temperature records were broken at 106 of 915 monitoring locations across Japan, it said.

High temperatures have continued even into the beginning of autumn, with “extremely hot days” being recorded in the city of Sapporo.

 

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