Record Warm November in Japan

According to the climate statistics released by the Japan Meteorological Agency, the average temperatures this November were higher than those in normal years across Japan. The average November temperatures in major cities were 14.5 degrees Celsius in Nagoya, up 2.6 degrees compared to normal years, 15.5 degrees in Osaka, up 2.3 degrees, 14.6 degrees in Hiroshima, up 2.3 degrees, and 16.1 degrees in Fukuoka, up 2.7 degrees. The statistics show that the average temperatures were higher than the normal November by two degrees or more in eastern Japan, western Japan and the Southwest Islands, and by three degrees or more in some parts of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan.

The monthly average temperatures reached new highs at 86 observation sites in eastern Japan, western Japan, and the Southwest Islands, out of the 150 sites across Japan, while those at two other sites matched the record highs. The figures indicate that Japan experienced a record warm November.

The agency says a high pressure air mass from the south and other factors caused the unusually high temperatures for November. Precipitation in November also exceeded that of average years at a number of observation sites.



Posted: 2004/01/26 08:48:03 AM
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