TOKYO: Japan’s meteorological company stated on Monday (Jan 6) that final yr was the warmest since measurements started, mirroring different nations as rising greenhouse gasoline emissions gas local weather change.
Globally, 2024 was anticipated to be the warmest yr on report, the United Nations local weather and climate company stated final week, capping a decade of unprecedented warmth and different kinds of excessive climate.
Across Japan, common temperatures from January to December had been 1.48 levels Celsius greater than the 1991-2020 common, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) stated.
This was the best because the company started publishing knowledge in 1898 and better than the earlier yr’s report, which topped the typical by 1.29 levels Celsius.
In the long run, “Japan’s temperature has elevated at a charge of 1.40 levels Celsius per century, and excessive temperatures have been noticed largely because the Nineteen Nineties,” the JMA stated.
Kaoru Takahashi, the JMA official in control of climate info, instructed AFP that local weather change was a “issue”.
Westerly winds – prevailing winds from west to east – additionally traveled farther north, bringing hotter air, he stated.
