Japan logged its hottest June since records began in 1898 due to a warm air mass hovering over the archipelago and global warming, the weather agency said Tuesday.
Last month's average temperature was 2.34 C higher than the overall monthly average recorded between 1991 and 2020, eclipsing the previous record of 2020, when it was 1.43 C above average, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The agency said the country was frequently covered by warm air due to the effects of a high-pressure system in the Pacific and the westerlies taking a northerly path, while climate change also appears to have had an effect.
With July also expected to be extremely hot, the public has been urged to take precautions against heat exhaustion.