US EditionJapan, South Korea Endure Hottest Summer on Record
- In 2024, Japan and South Korea experienced record-breaking summer temperatures, with Japan’s average summer heat reaching 2.36°C above the 1991-2020 baseline, marking the highest levels recorded since weather data collection began.
- This record heat follows three consecutive summers of high temperatures, with South Korea's average of 25.7C surpassing last year's 25.6C, the highest since 1973 data collection began.
- The extreme heat has intensified drought conditions in South Korea's coastal city of Gangneung, where a national disaster was declared due to weeks without rain and falling reservoir levels.
- The Korea Meteorological Administration and Japan Meteorological Agency reported these record temperatures, while the UN highlighted that productivity drops 2-3% for each degree above 20C due to global warming.
- These events underline the escalating impact of human-driven climate change on East Asia's weather patterns, water resources, health risks, and economic productivity.
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[NHK] The average temperature in Japan this summer was 2.36 degrees higher than average, the highest since the Japan Meteorological Agency began keeping statistics in 1898 (Meiji 31).
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