Sunday, September 5, 2010

九月五日(kugatsu itsuka): September 5

Another record was renewed today. The hottest temperature was 39.9 degrees centigrade in Kyoto, which is the hottest in Japan this year and the hottest in September since the measurement started.
In 128 points it became moshobi (猛暑日), and in 653 points out of 921 it became manatsubi (真夏日).
In Osaka it went up to 36.2 degrees centigrade. And this is the 28th days which became moshobi this summer. This is the tied record with 1994.
The highest temperature in September used to be 39.7 degrees centigrade on September 2, 2000 in Kumagaya, Saitama(埼玉県熊谷市: saitama ken kumagaya shi).

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