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"Japan’s Mount Fuji remained snowless on Tuesday, marking the latest date that
its slopes have been bare since records began 130 years ago, the country’s
weather agency said.
The volcano’s snowcap begins forming on 2 October on average, and last year
snow was first detected there on 5 October.
But because of warm weather, this year no snowfall had yet been observed on
Japan’s highest mountain, said Yutaka Katsuta, a forecaster at Kofu Local
Meteorological Office.
That marked the latest date since comparative data became available in 1894, he
said, beating the previous record of 26 October – which had been recorded
twice, in 1955 and 2016.
“Temperatures were high this summer, and these high temperatures continued into
September, deterring cold air” which brings snow, Katsuta told the
AFP news
agency.
He said climate change might have a degree of impact on the delay in the
snowcap’s formation.
Japan’s summer this year was the joint hottest on record – equalling the level
seen in 2023 – as extreme heatwaves fuelled by climate change engulfed many
parts of the globe."
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