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Japan heat wave pushes temperature to record high 41.1°C

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Japan heat wave pushes temperature to record high 41.1°C

Tokyo - The high temperature was recorded in the city of Kumagaya.

Published: Mon 23 Jul 2018, 10:11 AM

Updated: Mon 23 Jul 2018, 2:42 PM

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An intense heat wave in Japan pushed temperatures to 41.1°C (106 Fahrenheit) on Monday in a city northwest of Tokyo, marking a record high for the country, the weather agency said.
The high temperature was recorded in the city of Kumagaya, in Saitama prefecture, topping the previous high of 41°C in the western prefecture of Kochi in August 2013, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Records go back to varying dates for different cities, with data for Kumagaya starting in 1896.



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