Haru ichiban (春一番: literally spring No. 1) is the first strong southern wind which blows between risshun (立春) and shunbun (春分). Today it blew in many parts of Japan. It was about 10 days earlier than last year and the earliest in 10 years in Kanto area.
According to the Meteorological Agency, the peak gust was 27.5 meters per second in Tsushima city (対馬市), Nagasaki（長崎県）. In Tokyo it was 12.7 m/s, in Chiba 21.2 m/s, and in Yokohama 18.1 m/s.
The temperature also went up, and in Okinawa it became 26.3 ℃（79.34F) which was the highest record in February.
The name "haru ichiban" was started to be used since Feb. 13, 1859 when 53 fishermen were shipwrecked by the gust in the offing of Goto retto (五島列島). In the late 1950s the term became generalized.
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