It was another hot day. The average temperature between June to August was the highest for 113 years since 1898 when the first measurement was held in Japan.
It was 1.64 degrees centigrade higher than the usual year, and that of August only was 2.25 degrees centigrade higher than the usual year.
Yesterday the temperature became the highest of September in the history in 242 points among 921 points in Japan, and in 157 points it reached above 35 degrees centigrades which is called mosho bi (猛暑日), heat wave day, and in 789 points it reached above 30 degrees centigrade which is called manatsu bi (真夏日), midsummer day.
The highest year before was 1994.
The Meteorological Agency (気象庁：kishocho) admitted this is the extraordinary weather (異常気象: ijo kisho) in once in 30 years. This heat will continue for a while.
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