Pedestrians use an umbrella to shelter from the sun as they walk past a digital display showing a late morning temperature in Tokyo on Tuesday -- AFP TOKYO, July 01 (AFP): Japan experienced its hottest June on record, the weather agency said Tuesday, as climate change prompts sweltering heat waves across the globe.
"Japan's monthly average temperature in June was the highest for the month since statistics began in 1898," said the Japan Meteorological Agency.
With strong high-pressure systems in June staying in the region, the average monthly temperature was 2.34 degrees Celsius higher than the standard value, the agency said.
The coastal water temperature near Japan also measured 1.2 degrees Celsius higher than usual, tying with June 2024 for the highest since data collection began in 1982, the agency said. The body also had a further warning that is becoming routine for Japanese residents: "The next month is expected to continue to bring severe heat throughout the country."
The announcement came as scientists say human-induced climate change is making heatwave events more intense, frequent and widespread.
Brutal heat waves are currently sweeping Europe from France to Greece, while global footballers' union FIFPro has called for longer half-time breaks at next year's World Cup to mitigate the effects of extreme heat.
Portugal recorded its highest-ever single-day temperature in June -- 46.6 degrees Celsius-while last month was the hottest in Spain, the countries' weather services said Tuesday. The IPMA agency said the record temperature-the equivalent of 115.9 degrees Fahrenheit-was registered on Sunday at Mora, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of the capital, Lisbon. That beat the previous June high of 44.9C in the southwestern town of Alcacer do Sal in 2017.
Some 37 percent of IPMA monitoring stations recorded temperatures higher than 40C on Sunday, it added.
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