Due to the warm and humid air flowing in, the temperature rose mainly in the eastern Japan and northern Japan, and the temperature exceeded 38 degrees Celsius in Nagano Prefecture. The intense heat is expected to continue on weekends, so please check the "heat index" that indicates the risk of heat stroke, and take thorough measures such as stopping exercise.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, warm and moist air flowed in from the south, and the temperature rose in many places with clear and strong sunshine mainly in the east Japan and northern Japan.
The maximum temperature during the day was
38.4 degrees Celsius in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, 37.2 degrees Celsius in Ushiku in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, 37.1 degrees Celsius in Toyama City, 36.9 degrees Celsius in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture,
and 36.2 degrees Celsius in Kofu City.
▽ It was extremely hot in various places, such as 35.2 degrees in Aoya, Tottori City.
In addition, it was 34.6 degrees Celsius in central Tokyo, 33.5 degrees Celsius in Nagoya City, 33.2 degrees Celsius in Osaka City,
and 32.6 degrees Celsius in Fukuoka City.
The temperature is expected to be high on the 19th, and the maximum temperature during the day is
▽ 37 degrees in Saitama City, Nagoya City, Gifu City, Kyoto City, ▽ 36 degrees in central Tokyo, Kofu City, Tottori City, ▽ Chiba City, Niigata City, Toyama City, Osaka City, Hiroshima City, Takamatsu City,
It is expected to be 35 degrees Celsius in Fukuoka City.
The Ministry of the Environment and the Japan Meteorological Agency stated that the risk of heat stroke will increase extremely on the 19th: Gunma and Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, Nagano, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Fukui, Shiga, Kyoto, Wakayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi, Fukuoka, Oita, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, We have announced a "Heat Stroke Warning Alert" for the Okinawa main island region of Okinawa Prefecture.
Every day, the temperature continues to be high, and there are many cases of people getting sick or dying due to heat stroke.
The Saturday and Sunday of the 19th and 20th will also be extremely hot, and the "heat index," which indicates the risk of heat stroke, is expected to be "dangerous" to stop exercising in principle over a wide area of the country.
Check the "Heat Index" on the website of the Ministry of the Environment, etc., and take measures such as canceling or postponing exercise outdoors or indoors without air conditioning, using air conditioning appropriately at night, and drinking water regularly even if you are not thirsty.
Intense heat is expected to continue in the areas damaged by Typhoon No. 7, so please take a good break and talk to the people around you when restoring and cleaning up.