This summer was Japan’s hottest on record, with average temperatures nationwide more than 2.36 degrees Celsius higher than usual, according to a report released Monday by the Meteorological Agency.
The agency said this summer (June through August) was the hottest since records began, surpassing highs set in 2023 and 2024, when the deviation from the norm was 1.76 C in both years.
The agency attributed the heat to global warming and an unusually strong Pacific high pressure system, bolstered by convective activity in the Indian Ocean and around the Philippines.
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