Tokyo sees record 18th straight day with little sunshine

I'm from Oregon, so loving these cloudy days. Sorry to rain on ya'lls complaint parade... :-)

So what? They aren't being flooded, having people collapsing with heat stroke etc. Be grateful.

I think rice farmers want more sunshine. This weather isn't good for the plants.

I'm finding it all a bit depressing, cycling in the rain and a garden too wet to do much. My car A/C broke in April though, so at least I'm not stuck driving a sauna. It's 15 years old and has 212,000km on the clock, so I won't be repairing it.

Cannot wait for the heatwave this weather is depressing

We all know rainy season comes every year and is part of the "normal" weather cycle here in Japan but...enough is enough! Unless you're a duck, a mushroom or a rice farmer I can't understand how anyone is enjoying this garbage weather.

Yea my tomatoes unhappy too .... and bloody tired to dry my shoes after morning runs

Oh my tomatoes.

Reading this is making me depressed knowing the heat is coming.

Mr. Sunshine wants to come next year Olympic Time with Miss Super Sunshine.

Yeah, and yet a lot of areas are seeing far less rain than the typical rainy season. So far the weather forecast has been correct one day in the last two weeks -- a Sunday of rain, of course. Hell, we had evacuation warnings 12 days ago for heavy rain and landslides, with my cell phone alarm going off a dozen times, and not a drop of rain fell. So what if it's a bit cloudy? The minute it is not people will be complaining about the intensity of the sun.

So ... climate change is getting cooler?

Anyone using solar energy having issues with the reduced solar radiation hitting the panels?

Hmm, that's weird. I didn't wake up to near darkness for the last 18 days.

I couldn’t agree more with ClippetyClop. I’ll take the sunny 35C weather of August over 25C with rain any day. The recent weather is fine if all you want to do is stay home. I prefer to get outside. Summer can’t come soon enough!

I like it, it’s a comfortable temperature.

Tokyo has one of the longest spring seasons. Late Feb/ early Mar all the way until the end of the rainy season. August is really the only true summer month. Enjoy the cool weather while it lasts.

It’s quite a contrast to last July when we were all nearly dying from excessive heat with temps in the high 30’s for weeks on end. My electricity bill is half of what it was last July.

I managed to spend Monday afternoon on a tennis court. So I ain't complaining. Prefer this to a Japanese summer, that's for sure.

as soon as August hit's you'll all be begging for mid 70's.

I get where you and the other urban posters are coming from, but I want my summer to be summer and my winter to be winter. These gloomy, drizzly days are boring.

Ya'll better be knocking on wood cause as soon as August hit's you'll all be begging for mid 70's. Does no one else remember all the people dying every day last year because of the heat? At least I can go outside for now.

Loving it! My TEPCO bill was the lowest ever!

Don't jinx it. This is nice. The overwhelming heat will come soon enough, and will stay far too long.

This is the best summer ever. That heat is for the birds.

I’m jealous. Even during the rainy season, I’ve seen too much sunlight in Japan. Too hot. That sun burns. We should challenge these astronomers. I feel like Earth is now the 2nd rock from the sun.

I second that emotion.

To be honest,I would rather have these slightly dark but comfortable temperature days than the normal double-whammy ones of 35 degrees plus with humidity hovering around the 90 mark.Once the hot weather hits everyone will miss these comfortable days.......a bit of drizzle/mist is far better than what it is normally like here at this time of year.I can still take my golden retriever our for an afternoon walk when that is impossible in normal Summers.