Tokyo: The weather organization in Japan reported on January 6 that last year was the hottest since records began, which is in line with other countries ‘ increasing greenhouse gas emissions.
Worldwide, 2024 was expected to have been the best recorded, the United Nations ‘ weather and climate agency said last month, capping a generation of exceptional heat and other types of severe conditions.
Across Japan, the average temperatures from January through December were 1.48 degrees Celsius higher than the 1991-2020 average, the Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA ) said.
This was the highest level since the company began disclosing data in 1898, and it was higher than the previous week’s record, which was over regular by 1.29 degrees Fahrenheit.
Much name,” Japan’s heat has been rising in a rate of 1.40 Celsius per decade, and higher temperatures have been observed in particular since the 1990s”, the JMA said.
Kaoru Takahashi, the JMA official in charge of wind information, told AFP that climate change was a “factor”.
Westerlies- prevailing west-to-east winds- even travelled farther north, bringing cooler weather, he said.