Japan experiences the 2nd the hottest summer on record

Tokyo 3rd Sep : Japans official weather agency announced on Saturday that Japan has just experienced the second-hottest summer in history after a record-breaking heat waveThe Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) recently released a report that was using data from June through August, noting that the mean temperature was 0.

91 degrees centigrade higher than normal, which was the second-highest temperature after the year 2010 when record-keeping began in 1898.

The mercury shot up, particularly in the western and eastern regions of Japan as well as the Okinawa and Amami regions, according to Xinhua news agency, citing the JMA for the information.The city of Isesaki located to the north of Tokyo has recorded the nations highest temperature in June, with 40.2 degrees surpassing the previous record of 39.8 set in 2011.The JMA reported that the average temperature of the ocean surface in the waters around Japan this summer was 0.8 degrees higher than the norm which is the highest level since records started in 1982, which was in line with 2001 and 2016.The increase in temperature was due to the Pacific high-pressure system that spanned mostly over the waters south of Japan and global warming could be a factor, the public television station NHK announced on Saturday in a report citing weather experts.

Temperature records are expected to increase due to global warming NHK said.NHK.