The temperature in Tokyo, Japan

The average temperature of four seasons in Japan: 6 ~ 14 degrees in spring, 0/9 ~ 26 degrees in summer, 20 ~ 27 degrees in autumn and 6 ~ 13 degrees in winter.

Japan is located in the middle latitude and has a warm climate. Located in the center of Tokyo, the annual average temperature is 15.3 degrees Celsius. From the northern end to the southern end of the Japanese archipelago, it is 3000 kilometers long, so the temperature difference is large. The average annual temperature ranges from 6 degrees Celsius to 22 degrees Celsius.

Abundant rainfall, the annual rainfall is 65,438+0,600 ~ 65,438+0,700 mm. During the growing period of crops, it often rains from early spring to summer, especially in the rainy season from June to July, and several typhoons in summer and autumn each year also bring a lot of rain.

Affected by the conventional monsoon, there is a cold current southward in the Japanese archipelago in winter and a tropical airflow northward in summer. Under the influence of these two kinds of air currents, winter and summer last for several months each, while spring and autumn, which are in the alternating period of monsoon, last for about two months each.

Extended data

I. Climatic characteristics of Japan

Japan is dominated by temperate and subtropical monsoon climate, with hot and rainy summer, cold and dry winter and distinct four seasons. Nationwide, the latitude is 25, and the temperature difference between north and south is very significant. Most areas belong to temperate climate with four distinct seasons. Okinawa in the south belongs to the subtropical zone, and Hokkaido in the north belongs to the sub-frigid zone.

The precipitation in Japan is the highest in the world. The main reasons include winter snowfall in Japan's coastal areas; June and July (Okinawa, Amami May and June); And typhoons that land in or approach Japan from summer to autumn.

The highest recorded temperature in Japan is 40.9℃, which was measured in Kumagaya City, Yu County and Duodao City, Gifu County on August 16, 2007. 1The lowest recorded temperature measured in Asahikawa, Hokkaido on October 25th is -4 1℃, 1902 65438+.

Two. Topography of Japan

Japan is a mountainous island country, and the mountains are distributed in the center of Japan in a ridge shape, which divides Japan's territory into one side of the Pacific Ocean and one side of the Sea of Japan. Mountains and hills account for 7 1% of the total area, and most of them are volcanoes. The forest coverage rate is as high as 67%. Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, with an altitude of 3776 meters. It is the highest peak in Japan and is honored as a "holy mountain" by the Japanese.

The Japanese archipelago is located at the junction of the Asia-Europe plate and the Pacific plate, that is, the volcanic seismic belt around the Pacific Ocean. Volcanoes and earthquakes are frequent, and the most harmful earthquakes occur once every three years on average.