Japan’s iconic Mt. Fuji is still snowless in November, presumably because of the unusually warm temperatures in the past few weeks.
Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji, known for its snowcap forming around this time of year, is still snowless in November for the first time in 130 years, presumably because of the unusually warm temperatures in the past few weeks. The lack of snow on Mt. Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site, as of Tuesday breaks the previous record set on Oct. 26, 2016, meteorological officials said. Usually, the nearly 12,300-foot-high mountain has sprinkles of snow falling on its summit starting Oct.
The JMA's Kofu Local Meteorological Office, which keeps weather data in central Japan and was the agency that announced the first snowfall on Mt. Fuji in 1894, has cited October's surprisingly summery weather as the reason. The average October temperature is 28.4 Fahrenheit at the summit, but this year, it was 34.9 F, a record high since 1932. Japan this year also had an unusually hot summer and warm autumn.
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