Last month was the hottest July in Japan in more than a century, according to analysis by The Asahi Shimbun of average temperatures since 1898.
I’m in central Japan and this summer has been by far the worst in the 9 years I’ve been here. Energy prices are also through the roof right now since TEPCO chose to slander and FUD nuclear energy instead of admitting that their chain of penny-pinching, engineer-ignoring poor decisions was ultimately responsible for the Fukushima meltdown. I suspect a lot of people, particularly the elderly, are going to be squeezed past the breaking point as electric bills are doubling and tripling and air conditioning becomes an unaffordable luxury.
we should all take the wealthy with us as we die.
And in Denmark we just had the most rain in July since 1931. Seems like new weather records are broken every year now.
In my part of Florida it historically rains every afternoon throughout the summer, it used to be like clockwork that at 2 PM the sky turns dark and the downpour begins. It wasn’t quite like that last couple of years and it’s been nothing like that this year.
I was just visiting Tokyo and Osaka for the first time during summer season, and my god was it hot! I was actually not that surprised by the heat and humidity per say, but by the intensity of the sunshine, considering I was coming from PH, the sun in Japan somehow stronger.
You are a lot further north in JP, so in the summer months Japan is literally closer to the sun.
That kinda makes sense. However, in my home country (Finland), which is further north I think, the sun is quite gentle in the summer season.
Ah, well then you start talking about the difference in the surrounding oceans, winds, humidity, etc. the significant change in longitude comes into play there.
that misting idea… does it work? or do your clothes get all damp/humid sticky?
It’s a very fine mist and mostly used where people are walking, so unless you stopped and stood directly under the spray for a good five or ten minutes, you don’t get damp.
ah, nice - thanks!
