Japan Meteorological Agency announced yesterday that the amount of snow in January was the highest on record at 37 weather stations located mostly on the Sea of Japan side of Japan. In Tokyoku and Hokuriku in the north of Honshu, the snow amount exceeded 3 metres. On the other hand, the climate on the Pacific Ocean side of Japan remained summy and recorded extremely low precipitation.
The deepest accumulated snow was observed in Uonuma in Niigata with 4.09 metres. The measurement was the second highest on record and twice as much as the average year.
JMA reported that this extreme weather in Japan was caused by Arctic Oscillation and La Nina, which brought intermissive frost over the Japanese archipelago from the Japan Sea side.
Yes, it's been very dry here in Tokyo. It's the first time I need to put so much moisturiser on my skin. It is also very, very cold. I generally don't turn on a heater during the daytime to save energy, but I cought cold last week and I now use heating all day long.
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