Record high temperature of 40.9 C marked in Saitama, Gifu

Record high temperature of 40.9 C marked in Saitama, Gifu

OSAKA, Japan - An electronic signboard in Osaka's Kita Ward indicates a high temperature of 40 C at 2:32 p.m. 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.

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