Japan records its hottest June since records began

Japan recorded the highest average temperatures last June since records began (1898), as announced this Tuesday by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The average temperature last month was 2.34°C higher than the general monthly average recorded between 1991 and 2020, eclipsing the previous record of 2020, when it was 1.43°C higher than average, according to the JMA. The authorities attribute the heat to a mass of warm air hovering over the archipelago, the effects of a high-pressure system in the Pacific, westerly winds moving north, and the rise in global temperatures due to the climate crisis.

Temperatures in that month ranged between 19 and 25 degrees, although some days reached 35 and 36 degrees in several areas of the country, including Tokyo.

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The JMA, which did not indicate the exact average temperature recorded in June in the archipelago, bases these data on measurements taken in 15 locations in the country. They also predicted that this July will be extremely hot, so they urged the population to take precautions against possible heatstroke, especially among the elderly and children. Japan already recorded its hottest summer in 2024, where the mercury exceeded the average for this period recorded during the last three decades by 1.76 degrees Celsius in June and August, the same upward deviation as the previous year and the largest since the JMA began collecting these statistics in 1898.