Temperature hits 41.1 C near Tokyo, highest ever in Japan www.scmp.com

posted by  banzaitokyo | 5 years, 9 months ago

The mercury hit 41.1 degrees Celsius (106 Fahrenheit) in Kumagaya, a city in Saitama prefecture that is about 65 kilometres (40 miles) northwest of Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

That broke the previous record of 41.0 C in Ekawasaki on the island of Shikoku on August 12, 2013.