Japan experienced its hottest September since record-keeping began in 1898, with the country’s meteorological agency reporting a remarkable third consecutive month of record-breaking high temperatures.
The average temperature for scorching September was 2.66 degrees Celsius above the norm, according to the country’s Meteorological Agency’s announcement on Monday.
Japan’s climatic condition in September-
In September, a total of 385 out of 914 locations throughout the country recorded temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius or higher. This represents the second-highest number of such occurrences, trailing behind the 485 instances that were observed in 2020.
Furthermore, the surface temperature of the Sea of Japan in September was 1.6 degrees Celsius above the long-term average, marking the highest temperature on record since data collection began in 1982.
This exceptional warmth was attributed to the unusual occurrence of only two typhoons in September, which tied a record for the lowest number. As a result of this limited typhoon activity, cold, deep ocean water did not mix with the warmer surface water, as typically happens, according to the country’s Meteorological Agency’s assessment.
The 2.66°C leap in the average temperature was described as “exceptional” and “surpassed previous records,” said Masayuki Hirai, a weather agency official, speaking to AFP on Tuesday.
“If this isn’t an extraordinarily high temperature, I’m not sure what would be,” he commented.
Climate Ambition Summit 2023-
The UN Secretary-General’s Climate Ambition Summit sought to highlight leaders in government, business, finance, local authorities, and civil society who are taking tangible actions, implementing policies, and devising plans, rather than merely making promises. Their goal was to expedite the process of reducing global carbon emissions and achieving climate justice in alignment with the Secretary-General’s Acceleration Agenda.
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the growing global warming concerns at the Climate Ambition Summit, which took place in September, and said that the crisis had “opened the gates to hell”.
Furthermore, he stressed that the rise in global temperature could still be limited to 1.5 degrees, referring to it as a necessary target.
The global warming trend-
Experts and world organizations are ringing the alarms for climate change all across the world.
This year is expected to be the hottest in human history as climate change accelerates, with countries including Austria, France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland each announcing their warmest September on record.
According to the French weather service Meteo-France, the country’s average September temperature will be approximately 21.5 degrees Celsius, which is between 3.5C and 3.6C higher than the 1991-2020 reference period.
The United Kingdom, too, has matched its record for the warmest September since records began in 1884.
The average global temperature in June, July and August was 16.77 degrees Celsius, surpassing the previous 2019 record, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a report.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States also noted that from the months June through August, it saw the highest average worldwide temperatures since records began in 1880. With the global trend of escalating temperatures, this year is expected to be the warmest in human history as climate change accelerates.
