- ARAB NEWS
- 01 May 2025
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TOKYO: The mercury hit 35.0 degrees Celsius in the city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Sunday, marking the first “extremely hot” day in Japan this year, according to the Meteorological Agency.
Takasaki logged the temperature at 12:54 p.m. (3:54 a.m. GMT). Extremely hot days are defined as those when temperatures rise to 35.0 degrees or higher.
By 1 p.m., Tokyo’s central Chiyoda Ward and the western city of Osaka recorded 30.9 degrees, and the central city of Nagoya saw 32.1 degrees. The three places had a “midsummer” day, when the maximum temperature is 30 degrees or over.
In the southwestern city of Fukuoka, the mercury climbed to 28.5 degrees.
JIJI Press
