New Zealand Local Weather Forum
Weather Discussion => International => Topic started by: Mark on December 28, 2012, 08:12:59 AM
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Christmas Day brought record low temperatures to as many as 44 locations, mostly in the northern region and on the island of Hokkaido.
Setting a record low for the entire month of December – perhaps ever – temperatures in Hokkaido’s city of Furano plunged to minus 28.4 degrees, the coldest ever recorded since monitoring began.
Record lows were also set in Tokyo (6 degrees) and the prefectures of Tottori and Saitama (minus 8 degrees). Homes and offices in Japan very rarely have central heating systems, and windows are poorly insulated.
The Japan Meteorological Agency warned that cold temperatures would last throughout the week, with more heavy snowfall in the north and areas that face the Sea of Japan.
http://japandailypress.com/numerous-japanese-cities-reach-record-lows-as-freezing-temperat ure-persist-2620432
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These revelations didn’t come until the end of an article entitled “Rescuers lose contact with nine climbers.” Is this intentional manipulation of the news? don’t know. I’ll leave that up to you to decide.
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“Police have been busy with search-and-rescue operations in the mountains since the start of the year, as many climbers went missing or were stranded after blizzards and cold temperatures hit a wide area of Japan.
“The unusually cold weather in northern Japan is expected to continue until early February after cold snaps produced record snowfall in 18 locations last month, the Meteorological Agency said.
“Temperatures in eastern Japan are likely to be colder than average as well, the agency warned Friday.
“Most of the record snowfall took place in Hokkaido, which might be in store for about a week of extreme cold starting Wednesday. Along the Sea of Japan coast, heavy snow is predicted in northern and eastern Japan, with snowfall in the west projected to be slightly above average.
“In December, record amounts of snow were recorded at 18 of the agency’s 330 or so monitoring points following a series of cold snaps.
“Average temperatures for the month fell below normal in other parts of the nation as well, with the mercury in northern and eastern regions 1.4 degrees lower and western Japan 1.5 lower.”
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20130105x1.html
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massive snowstorm has slammed the northeastern part of Japan for days on end, resulting in structures being buried by over five meters (almost 17 feet) of snow in the Aomori Pref. on Feb. 21.
The accumulation of snow in Sukayu, Aomori Pref., is about 515 centimeters (about 202 inches) as of 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The overall accumulation record of snow is 11.82 meters which fell on Mt. Ibuki in Shiga Pref. in 1927.
http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2013-02/22/content_28031869.htm