To use this site, please disable the ad blocking feature and reload the page.
This website uses cookies to collect information about your visit for purposes such as showing you personalized ads and content, and analyzing our website traffic. By clicking “Accept all,” you will allow the use of these cookies.
Users accessing this site from EEA countries and UK are unable to view this site without your consent. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Yomiuri Shimbun file photo The Japan Meteorological Agency in Minato Ward, Tokyo
The Yomiuri Shimbun
14:43 JST, November 7, 2023
The mercury in central Tokyo hit 27.5 C at 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday, breaking the record high temperature for November for the first time in 100 years.
The previous record was 27.3 C on Nov. 1, 1923.
This was the second consecutive summerlike day, following Monday’s 25.1 C, and the first time in observed history that two summerlike days lasted in November in central Tokyo, according to the Meteorological Agency.
Warm and moist air flowed in from the south, and temperatures rose mainly in the Kanto Koshin region on Tuesday.
This unusually hot weather is expected to subside Wednesday.
