Temperature in Tokyo hits record 39.5 degrees
Yeah.. right … it’s so hot in Tokyo lately … (and yet… I was playing football for at least an hour last Monday ^_^ futsal
inside the gym … but still …)
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Temperature in Tokyo hits record 39.5 degrees The temperature in Tokyo hit 39.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday afternoon, the highest figure ever recorded in the capital of Japan since the government began measuring it in 1923, weather officials said. Mainichi Shimbun Tokyoites swelter in record-high heat near JR Shibuya Station on Tuesday. The previous highest temperature in Tokyo was 39.1 degrees Celsius on Aug. 3, 1994.Japan’s highest record stands at 40.8 degrees Celsius, which was recorded in Yamagata in July 1933. Several other cities in the Kanto region, eastern Japan, had scorching temperatures on Tuesday. The temperature rose to 39.5 degrees Celsius in Otemachi, downtown Tokyo, at about 1 p.m., 10.1 points higher than average.
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