Japan heat wave pushes temperature to record high 41.1 degrees

An intense heat wave in Japan pushed temperatures to 41.1 Celsius (106 Fahrenheit) on Monday (July 23) in a city northwest of Tokyo, marking a record high for the country, the weather agency said.

Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 23:59

Temperatures hit 40.3 degrees Celsius in Ome, the first time temperatures over 40 have been recorded in Tokyo's metro area.

The high temperature was recorded in the city of Kumagaya, in Saitama prefecture, topping the previous high of 41C in the western prefecture of Kochi in August 2013, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Records go back to varying dates for different cities, with data for Kumagaya starting in 1896.

Reuters