September was hottest on record in Japan’s Okinawa
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Temperatures around the world have soared in recent years as human-induced climate change creates ever more erratic weather patterns.
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Tokyo – Japan’s southern Okinawa region sweated through its hottest September on record, the weather agency said on Oct 1, after the entire country experienced its warmest summer on record.
The temperature in Okinawa in September was the highest “since statistics began in 1946”, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Temperatures around the world have soared in recent years as human-induced climate change creates ever more erratic weather patterns.
Japan’s average temperature during the summer was 2.36 deg C
It was the third consecutive summer of record high temperatures, the agency said.
For the first time, more than 100,000 people were taken to hospitals in the summer with heatstroke, preliminary data from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency showed on Sept 30.
Japan’s beloved cherry trees are blooming earlier due to the warmer climate, or sometimes not fully blossoming, because autumns and winters are not cold enough to trigger flowering, experts say.
The famous snowcap of Mount Fuji was absent for the longest recorded period in 2024, not appearing until early November, compared with the average of early October. AFP
