Japan swelters through hottest July since records began 126 years ago

Is the 1930s before recorded history? Because it was hotter then.

No, it wasn’t.

in fact not just in Japan, 4 of the hottest days ever recorded worldwide were in the last week.

More jets full of tourist hordes and crank up the A/C in those hotels

Is the 1930s before recorded history? Because it was hotter then.

Where did you get ‘the 1930s’ from?

The article clearly states Japan began records in 1898 and this was the hottest July since then.

What’s difficult?

In true Orwellian fashion, previous accurate reporting on the EPA site was memory-holed

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/05/21/epa-disappears-the-1930s-drought-and-heat-wave-climate-data/

Heatwaves are becoming increasingly common across the globe

But the ruling caste fossils profiting immensely from fossil fuels and other industries have bought scientists and PR staff to try to convince their media - both mainstream and social that it's always been hot. They've also bought politicians they direct campaign funding to, and also convinced petrolheads that cannot imagine walking or taking public transportation and that have zero compassion for those suffering from the heat that it's always been hot somewhere. So the fossils claim we peons just need to deal with it, without the fossil caste having to alter anything. The planet is at the fossil's mercy and given current global leaders that are also fossils there is little chance things will change before they could get even worse. A world run by fossils and totalitarians in which crypto-currency replaces traditional money is one where even greater amounts of fossil fuels will need to be burned, making the fossils even richer and more powerful. And the planet even hotter.

In true Orwellian fashion, previous accurate reporting on the EPA site was memory-holed.

You grabbed this from a site talking about data compiled from the U.S. about temperature conditions in the U.S. during the 1930's but chose to say that the EPA did not keep records about Japan!

Go back and read the article which states that the data cited in this article was collected from Japanese record-keeping and not from the U.S.

In true Orwellian fashion, previous accurate reporting on the EPA site was memory-holed

The article you posted is about The US. This article you are derailing is about Japan.

Again, what are you having difficulty with?

It must be me or is that photo, a J human man intent on utilising, throwing his whole carcass on a park bench as a impromptu BBQ.

Bonkers.

In true Orwellian fashion, previous accurate reporting on the EPA site was memory-holed

Trying to deny anthropogenic climate change and incorrectly using data and totally misusing an Orwell reference about memory holing.

Why am I not surprised Hervé L'Eisa?

"People who are used to a more dry type of heat like in the United States find the heat and humidity in Japan more difficult to handle," he said in tourist hotspot Asakusa.

Anecdotal but this is true here in Central Tokyo.

It was stupidly hot today. The shade was almost tolerablr but the direct sunlight in the afternoon felt deadly. I really feel for those who have no other option but to work outside. I get it, gaman gaman, but there are physical limits to how much the human body can gaman.

Temps were 2.16 degrees above average in Japan.

Read an article yesterday that temps in Antarctica were 50 (fifty) degrees above normal.

As much as I complain about working an office job and just staring at computers all day, summer time is the time I'm actually glad to be in an air conditioned space staring at a computer instead of working outside. Been there, done that at one point and I seriously feel for those who have to work in this heat.

Hope bosses were able to give them those cool fan jackets and all the cold drinks they can drink and allowed for them to rest during peak times.

We're at a solar maximum now, hence the hotter temperatures and uptick in solar activity. This really isn't all that complicated if you look belong the amateur dramatics and business/political propaganda. If the solar minimum we're about to enter is as severe as the Maunder Minimum, we may well experience a mini ice-age, just like they did in the Middle Ages.

Stop building homes with Tin Roofs and start building them with Tiles instead, the second floors of Japan Homes are like OVENS because of these cheap tin roofs.

There was a guy on Facebook book the other day saying

" It's not hotter just people have got used to air conditioning"

Where do we get such people.

Just bizarre

yes, the global temperature is rising.

the temperature data of the planet going back 24,000 years from the last ice age is found in less than a minute.

https://cdn.uanews.arizona.edu/s3fs-public/styles/uaqs_medium/public/Fig2_5xStretch.jpg?itok=NhrTrtd9

or, how about temperature vs. solar irradiance?

https://climate.nasa.gov/system/internal_resources/details/original/1605_T_vs_TSI.png

it is what it is.

"People who are used to a more dry type of heat like in the United States find the heat and humidity in Japan more difficult to handle"

Can't argue with that. It's not really very hot here ("here" being Sapporo), and I grew up in the Sonoran Desert in the American Southwest, which is dry but very hot indeed. The humidity here this summer has seldom dropped under 65% and is more commonly in the 75%-85% range. Currently 91% at about 25C.

being in the sonoran desert, i’ll remind you that ovens are a dry heat. ;)

it’s 5 am, 30°c, 60% humidity and cooler than most mornings recently.

i may need a sweater.

Yup perfectly normal since still coming out of an ice age. Will eventually get cold again as it always does. Enjoy the heat while it lasts.

Yup perfectly normal since still coming out of an ice age. Will eventually get cold again as it always does. Enjoy the heat while it lasts.

Another non-science person has entered the chat.

Cute.

Another non-science person has entered the chat.

Fighto: any concrete ideas on what we should be doing to stop this so called anthropogenical global warming, beyond the usual reduce your aircon to a maximum of 26oC, go tieless in summer or to stop eating meat and to own an EV? I'm all ears bro.

Fighto: any concrete ideas on what we should be doing to stop this so called anthropogenical global warming, beyond the usual reduce your aircon to a maximum of 26oC, go tieless in summer or to stop eating meat and to own an EV? I'm all ears bro.

https://www.un.org/en/actnow/ten-actions

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/how-you-can-stop-global-warming

https://onetreeplanted.org/blogs/stories/ways-to-stop-climate-change

I mean, by this point being in denial is not even a believable position. It is as bad as pretending all the scientist are wrong and the situation is "perfectly normal".

So you're saying I should take public transportation, plant a tree, and take to social media (produces massive amounts of CO2 btw )to tell others to do the same? Got it.

Yup perfectly normal since still coming out of an ice age. Will eventually get cold again as it always does. Enjoy the heat while it lasts.

Do you have any links to respected scientific organizations that are stating this is us coming out of an ice age? Or is this more podcast bro science?

Lately it seems that each season is becoming less and less predictable. This past winter was the warmest I can remember here in Miyazaki, while the previous was the coldest. This year the rainy season ended three weeks early and gave way to intense heat, only to return two weeks later. And while this summer is clearly scorching, it has been a dry heat here with low humidity, thus making it more bearable than the usual oppressive humidity. I do know that other parts of Japan have different weather.

Also evident is the apparent difficulty in forecasting the weather. Forecasts seem much less reliable than a couple years ago and the long range forecasts are usually wrong.

well, we did “come out” of the ice age 24,000 years ago. but that isn’t really what the issue is. we’ve been heating up since then. it’s the last 150 years where measured data is steep.

tora: Yup perfectly normal since still coming out of an ice age. Will eventually get cold again as it always does. Enjoy the heat while it lasts.

There were an estimated total of one million people during the ice age. The heat we're having is unprecedented. Then when will this cooling come? Before we fry like ant or after? Climate change just might go on for hundreds of years. Can you predict the end time?

Good sense calls for action from the most intelligent species ever on earth. It might just help. If it doesn't there is a chance that the population might go down to one million or perhaps less. That is unless your crystal ball tells us different.

Solar activity is at a peak for a couple of years from now.

This is why temps are up.

My tomatoes need watering twice a day….

Solar activity is at a peak for a couple of years from now.

This is why temps are up.

Got a link to any respected news organizations that agree temperature increases are a result of solar flares?

I’m beginning to appreciate small things in life. Rainy days, shades, and really comfortable outfit.

I remember in 1994 from May to October the weather was just horrendously hot temperatures in August going up as high as 39.8 with no reprieve at all. It was also the same year there was a rice shortage to get a bag of 10 kilos you were paying 7,500 yen due to the weather temps.

This past winter was the warmest I can remember here in Miyazaki, while the previous was the coldest. 

Interesting.

The heat we're having is unprecedented. 

In recent Japan history, the measured temperatures are higher, but not unprecedented.

Different people have different tolerance levels for heat, partly down to where they grew up, partly individual. Too hot for one person is nice for another. Gardeners are more accurate than political pundits in noting changes in the climate. The last few years, sunny weather has been more brutally hot. Winters have been milder and wetter. As plants and wildlife is doing, we need to adapt to survive.

Maintain your air con. Keep it clean. Get blackout curtains or use cardboard to block windows, to stop the sun from warming the air in your home. Clouds are your friends - the biggest change in our temperature is how much hotter it gets in direct sunlight, without cloud cover. Use suncream on a day-to-day basis, keep your arms and legs covered, and don't do what that guy is doing in the photo. Skin cancer is not a myth or conspiracy.

If you have no air con, use an air cooler, keeping it supplied with cold water and fresh freezer blocks. Keep a watch on how hot domestic fans get if left on for extended periods. Fans do not cool air, they move it. You feel cool because air from them is moving across your skin. If you are not sitting in front of them, turn them off. Check your router, PC and laptop is not getting too hot.

Sleep on slightly damp towels. Wash your hair in tepid water, and if you have hot water pipes under your floor, limit your use of hot water as much as possible. Don't use an oven or hob - use a steamer or microwave instead. One room in your home will be naturally cooler than the others - use it. Go out after sunset. Keep any medicines and pets from getting too hot. Store your chocolate in the fridge and drink more water - you need to stay hydrated. Sleep downstairs where it should be cooler. Check on elderly relatives/neighbours. If you pack a lunch, use a cool bag. Put a dish of water outside/in your garden for dogs/wildlife.

If you feel unwell, go in a shop with air con and ask for a glass of water. At home, phone someone before you pass out.

Bedroom AC for one hour. Ice pillows and a small fan keep us cool and dry. In Japan, many homes have shutters which I close when the sun is facing them. Two small USB fans cool my computers keeping the temperature at 60ºC. An air fryer oven generates less heat than a grill or oven. Need to spend less time in the kitchen. Frozen vegetables help.

It's an awful summer, let's be fair.

People: The sky is not falling on your heads. Stay hydrated, get out from time to time and climatize yourself. Avoid the hottest parts of the day and you'll be fine.

And never understood why Japanese houses so poorly ventilated and mostly have zero to little insulation. And go and plant a tree in central Tokyo. It severely lacks green shady places. and rip out some of that concrete......

Autumn is around the corner.

Yet, some of those years in the past 126 were hotter than subsequent years.

Yet, some of those years in the past 126 were hotter than subsequent years.

No.

Do you have any links to any respected scientific organizations saying something other than "Japan swelters through hottest July since records began 126 years ago"?

Or are we back the podcast bro science again?

Yet, some of those years in the past 126 were hotter than subsequent years.

It would be terribly irrational to expect every year to be uniform in temperature except for the record breaking current one, the point is that this is the hottest year in record but is projected to be cooler than the following years.

No.

Yes.

Do you have any links to any respected scientific organizations saying something other than "Japan swelters through hottest July since records began 126 years ago"?

Lots of links showing that a previous year was cooler on average than the subsequent year.

Or are we back the podcast bro science again?

You might be. Are you?

Lots of links showing that a previous year was cooler on average than the subsequent year.

Again, it is unreasonable, irrational to think this would not be the case or that in any way decrease the importance of this year being the highest one on record.