Record high temperature of 40.9 C marked in Saitama, Gifu

Record high temperature of 40.9 C marked in Saitama, Gifu

KOSHIEN, Japan - A mother mops her daughter's brow during a game of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 16. The temperature in Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, and Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, climbed to a record high of 40.9 C on the same day, breaking the previous record of 40.8 C marked in Yamagata Prefecture in 1933. (Kyodo)

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