Most precipitation, least sunshine hours in July Meteorological Agency August 3, 17:55
Due to the stagnation of the rainy season front and a series of heavy rains, last month was July with the highest precipitation and the shortest sunshine hours since the statistics were started in East and West Japan.
According to the weather summary of the Japan Meteorological Agency, the amount of precipitation last month was a series of heavy rains and increased in each place,
▽ 1342 mm
in Ushibuka , Amakusa City , Kumamoto Prefecture , 1034.5 mm in
▽ Hita City, Oita Prefecture, ▽ 838.5 mm in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, etc. Then, it
was the most observed value in July for the 17 points from western Japan to Tohoku.
In comparison with the average precipitation,
▽eastern Japan was 237%,
western Japan was 232%, and
▽Tohoku was 201%,
both of which were the highest since 1946 when we started collecting statistics.
Due to the prolonged stagnation of the front line, there were few sunny days, and the sunshine hours were
54.3 hours in ▽ Morioka
city, 46.6 hours in
▽ Kumagaya city, Saitama prefecture , 95.2 hours in ▽ Osaka city, etc.
at 45 points from west Japan to Tohoku. , Updated the lowest value in July observation history.
Compared to the normal year,
▽East Japan was 41%,
▽West Japan was 54%
, the lowest since the start of statistics, and
▽Tohoku was 55%, which was the lowest record ever.
On the other hand, for the next two weeks, warm air is likely to flow in nationwide, and temperatures in each region may be considerably higher than normal.
The Japan Meteorological Agency calls for attention to the management of heat stroke and crops by using the latest weather information.