Japan records second-hottest September on record

Second-highest temperatures... so far.

And yet governments and corporations aren't talking about reducing pollutants, or planting trees, or even a willingness to spend money to cool building interiors... they just want workers to grit their teeth and endure an ever-longer "Cool Biz" 28C-indoors period so that they can save money on air conditioning costs.

Every year this story is recycled over and over.

Tried sleeping without aircon yesterday- it wasn’t pretty…

DanteKH

Every year this story is recycled over and over.

Because every year, it gets hotter. Duh.

Fossil fuels strike again.

Every year this story is recycled over and over.

I think this is clear enough to understand what it means for the future.

The importance is that the "recycled" story is not "year X was one of the hottest in recent history" but instead that every time "THIS year is one of the hottest in recent history"

Last week was amazingly "cool", false autumn, now we enter 2nd summer Pt. 2 the sequel.

That is not only for Japan.

It is the world we live in and as long there are people it won't get solved. Nobody wants to cut their life style and corporations exist to make money.

Some people may think they live green but infact they don't.

Second hottest?

Great to hear it is not getting hotter than the hottest.

It hit 31°C in Yokohama today (Oct 2nd). When will we get autumn weather???

It was 37C in San Francisco today. San Francisco! Mark Twain once said, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." That San Francisco.

It's been a steady 20°C 24/7 in my 3 LDK since June.

At least it's not the first one..

Going from La Nina to El Nino this this year. Mostly likely cooler summer next year.

Let's get some new Nuclear plants going so we can all enjoy air-conditioning!

Statistically low % / number of trees compared to other international cities/towns.

Large amount of tarmac and car focus/priority in most public spaces - again other international cities do better.

(this is despite the trains, usual wow of how much better it is compared to stand out worst for road harm USA can be ignored, Japan doesn't rank well with other developed countries)

Enjoy the heatstoke then.

Great to hear it is not getting hotter than the hottest.

It is, that is the whole point the trend is clearly towards higher temperatures.

kurisupisuOct. 2 05:25 pm JST

Tried sleeping without aircon yesterday- it wasn’t pretty…

Really? A/C season ended on the 24th in my house, mere days after summer officially ended. Like clockwork.

Humidity went down, so windows open to let the breeze in has been perfect for me.

The weather was absolutely delightful in Osaka these last 10 or so days, and now the rain is bringing in colder weather. Hopefully we'll get a few more nice warm and sunny autumn days later this month. And then it'll be 我慢 until spring hits again in March.

Statistically low % / number of trees compared to other international cities/towns.

Large amount of tarmac and car focus/priority in most public spaces - again other international cities do better

So the only commenter explaining the main reason for high temperature on the ground gets censored because it does not fit totally the agenda ?

Maybe you also believe wearing black clothes help withstand better heat (check photo) ?

Blitzwing

Really? A/C season ended on the 24th in my house, mere days after summer officially ended. Like clockwork.

Humidity went down, so windows open to let the breeze in has been perfect for me.

The weather was absolutely delightful in Osaka these last 10 or so days, and now the rain is bringing in colder weather. 

Not in my north Osaka town. I've had to use the A/C almost every day during that period, and many of the nights until the wee hours. Early mornings have been comfy though. I haven't had to turn on the A/C until 11am or so.

Today is the first complete day with zero A/C for me.