Mount Fuji still without snow in late October - longest wait in 130 years

Mount Fuji is inactive without snow, making it the latest clip successful the twelvemonth the upland has remained bare since records began 130 years ago.

The peaks of Japan's highest upland typically get a sprinkling of snowfall by aboriginal October, but unusually lukewarm upwind has meant nary snowfall has been reported truthful acold this year.

In 2023 snowfall was archetypal seen connected the acme connected 5 October, according to AFP quality agency.

Japan had its hottest associated summertime connected grounds this twelvemonth with temperatures betwixt June and August being 1.76C (3.1F) higher than an average.

In September, temperatures continued to beryllium warmer than expected arsenic the sub-tropical pitchy stream's much northerly presumption allowed a warmer southerly travel of aerial implicit Japan.

A jet stream is simply a fast-flowing existent of aerial that travels astir the planet. It occurs erstwhile warmer aerial from the southbound meets cooler aerial from the north.

Nearly 1,500 areas had what Japan's Meteorological Society classed arsenic "extremely hot" days - erstwhile temperatures scope oregon transcend 35C (95F) past month.

The somesthesia has to beryllium astir freezing for rainfall to crook into snow.

October has seen the vigor easiness slightly, but it has inactive been a warmer than mean month.

However, approaching November without snowfall marks the longest hold successful the twelvemonth for a snowcap connected the acme since information was archetypal collected successful 1894.

The erstwhile grounds of 26 October has been seen doubly earlier successful 1955 and 2016, Yutaka Katsuta, a forecaster astatine Kofu Local Meteorological Office told AFP.

Mount Fuji, south-west of Tokyo, is Japan's highest upland astatine 3,776m (12,460 ft).

The volcano, which past erupted conscionable implicit 300 years ago, is disposable from the Japanese superior connected a wide day.

It is featured prominently successful historical Japanese creation work, including wood blocks prints.

Last year, much than 220,000 radical made the ascent to the highest betwixt July and September.