The rainy season of Kanto koshin(関東甲信) area is over today July 14. It was 6 days earlier than usual and 5 days earlier than last year. The beginning of the rainy season in Kanto area was around June 10 when was 2 days later than usual. In Shinshu (信州) the rainy season period was 34 days, which is 8 days shorter than usual and 17 days shorter than last year.
Besides Kanto koshinarea, the rainy season has already finished in Okinawa (沖縄), Amami (奄美), and Southern Kyushu (九州南部). Usually the rainy season is over from the south and west area. But this year Kanto area was earlier than western Japan and Tokai (東海) area. So Kanto was the first area in Honshu (本州), main islands this year.
Tokyo has already experienced three sweltering nights when the temperature does not go down below 25 degrees centigrade. In the daytime it went up to nearly 30 degrees centigrade today.
Summer has come!
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