I thought you guys might want to know about this.
I was looking forward to Autumn but looks like I’ll have to wait more than I’d like to… I’m considering moving to the Northern tip of Hokkaido and do remote working from a hut.
>Japanese weather officials forecast hot weather for much of Japan in the three months from September to November.
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>The Japan Meteorological Agency released its three-month forecasts on Tuesday. It says warm air is likely to cover areas near Japan because of the El Nino phenomenon that has been making cumulonimbus clouds near the equator very active, causing high atmospheric temperatures in addition to the influence of climate change.
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>Temperatures over the three months are expected to be higher than average in eastern and western Japan, Okinawa Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture’s Amami islands. Temperatures in northern Japan are expected to be average or above average.
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>Temperatures in September and October are expected to be above average nationwide. Eastern and western Japan are likely to have more scorching days than usual next month and will see the mercury topping 30 degrees Celsius in October.
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>In November, temperatures are expected to be above average in Okinawa and Amami and remain average or higher in eastern and western Japan. Northern Japan is likely to have temperatures almost as high as usual.
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>Meteorological Agency official Umeda Takafumi says people may associate El Nino with low temperatures, but temperatures of tropical atmosphere will remain high, likely affecting Japan. He called on people to be on the alert for heatstroke.
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Cool biz till November. So be it!
Google says this is the source:
[https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230822_37/](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230822_37/)
>I was looking forward to Autumn but looks like I’ll have to wait more than I’d like to…
First year in Japan?
Autumn lasts from mid-November to early December, 2 to 3 weeks on average. I go from a T-shirt in early November to a winter jacket in December.
The colouring (of nature and trees) is still very beautiful around mid-November, in or around Tokyo.
Nice, shorts until well into December… Wonder if that will mean January and February are particularly cold…
Well looks like December skiing is off the table. 2019 again.
36C in Sapporo today.
Can we get an officially government approved and hankoed extension of Cool Biz through at least October, in that case?
Don’t think that you’ll be safe from it even in Hokkaido
So will I have to pay 12k yen bill a month for electricity until next year?
Welp. At least pls make winter shorter. My ac can handle heat, but totally suck at handling cold.
Good. Good.
Thanks for the info! But Hokkaido was as hot or hotter than Tokyo today, I think. 34 right now according to my car.
I suppose this means 30s until Sept 15th at least. Ugh.
well, at least i can wear a sexy halloween costume with no jacket this yr?
sucks hard!
so no autumn this year? last year was quite short if I remember correctly.
Only to November? Disappointing! I’d take this all year. I hate winter!
but is everyone else also noticing that it’s less humid than it used to? to be totally honest I don’t mind the heat that much if it’s not humid. there’s been a couple humid days especially before big thunderstorms/rain, but there’s been a lot of hot days with almost no humidity! so if September and October are like that I don’t mind it too much.
Time to invest in a fan jacket
https://preview.redd.it/clsciggxrtjb1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3837a82159a6d3aec75af358d83f66228683a76
I don’t trust weather in Japan but would be nice to have warmer Halloween. I always feel bad for the stripper girl and Sailor moon boys
That’s it. I’m going to convince my kids not to have kids. I shouldn’t have had kids. We are definitely going to destroy ourselves
I hope this forecast is completely wrong.
I need my sweet, sweet cool weather…
35* in Sapporo today… Hokkaido is baking, as well 🥵
It’s usually hot till December tbh
36C in Sapporo. There’s no escape!
they promised us 4 seasons