Tokyo: winter without snow

Since the beginning of winter, the central area of ​​Tokyo has no snowflakes. This is the first time in 130 years that the Japanese capital has spent a long time in the winter without snow.

Sunshine in a park in Tokyo on February 11, 2007 (Photo: TTO)

According to the announcement of the Japanese meteorological agency on February 11, this winter, the time when Tokyo residents see snowflakes flying in the wind will be short record, by the annual average practices, snow flowers. first fell to Tokyo on day 2-1 and the late snow flowers she will appear on March 11 to close the winter. The agency said Tokyo would not have snow for at least another week.

Meteorologist Tsutomu Shinya based on archives said Tokyo had never experienced a winter without snow since 1876. The latest snowfall record in Tokyo was recorded in 1960, when the flowers First snow on the center of Tokyo on February 10. The current weather in Tokyo is almost like spring.

Due to this unusual weather situation, the organizing committee for the winter festival for children on February 11 in Tokyo had to bring snow from the north and have to apply many measures to prevent melting snow. Meanwhile, in cities such as Takayama and Aomori, winter festivals have been canceled as the city has no snowfall.

Japanese scientists say the time without snow lasted in this winter in Tokyo as a result of global warming.

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