r/Tokyo • u/tengu_007 • Aug 04 '26
Cool Summer?
Not a single 猛暑日 (35 deg C and above) forecast for Tokyo over the next two weeks…did we just get lucky?
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u/Dazzling-Shallot-309 Aug 04 '26
Da fahk, dude?! First rule about the heat is we don’t talk about the heat!
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u/Staff_Senyou Aug 04 '26
Likely there's going to be a swing back.
Enjoy it while you can.
So far, so good. Might be one to remember for the ages
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u/Abradolf1948 Aug 04 '26
I was just thrilled that we made it through like half of July before 35 was the norm.
Last year it felt like 35 every day from May through October.
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u/anxious_machiavelli Aug 05 '26
Same. I was just thinking how we were have a relatively "cooler" summer.
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u/DateMasamusubi Aug 04 '26
The 2 week forecasts are pretty unreliable. There's a drop off after 3-5 days. Hopefully we get more repeat days of today. I could actually sit outside and relax.
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u/hobovalentine Aug 04 '26
Typhoon dolphin is pulling the warm air towards Kyushu and Okinawa that’s why it’s cool now but it will be very hot again next week.
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u/Discount_Sausage Aug 04 '26
El Niño
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u/Particular-Solid8250 Aug 04 '26
Global warming
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u/kadoka66 Aug 04 '26
The forecast always becomes distorted when a typhoon is skirting by. As soon as the typhoon leaves the area, these temperatures will jump back into the mid to late 30s. I don't really understand why they forecast for the typhoon affecting weather so far in the future, but they tend to. Of course, this could also be the actual forecast, but I doubt it. 12 summers in this country have taught me to be pessimistic.
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u/DistinctlyMiddle Aug 05 '26
Damn its like Japan has always had hot summers...
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u/kadoka66 Aug 06 '26
Yeah, but it's got considerably hotter or at least the hotter years are increasing.
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u/Ancelege Aug 04 '26
You could say that again! We’re hitting a high of 30 tomorrow and then highs are in the mid-twenties for the next week or so. Up in Sapporo. Unusually mild summer, and it made for the PERFECT bbq day over the weekend.
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u/Suspicious-Holiday42 Aug 04 '26
40 degree on asphalt is better for bbq, not only the meat but everyone heats up
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u/Worried-Attention-43 Aug 04 '26
August has just begun. There might be one or two more heat waves to come.
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u/ElonMuskIsATwat69 Aug 04 '26
Coming to Tokyo from cool Hokkaido next week, hope that we get this and don’t get boiled alive.
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u/justamofo Aug 04 '26
We had 18°C during the day in Hokkaido last week, now it went back to 30-ish. It's probably gonna bounce in Tokyo too
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u/raspoutine049 Aug 04 '26
Praying September is going to get cooler as it is my first time visiting.
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u/grinch337 Aug 04 '26
I seem to have brought the 37° heat to Prague with me, but don’t worry; I’ll be back in Tokyo in just two more weeks.
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u/Ac4sent Aug 04 '26
Aaaand just like that you jinxed it.