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Tokyo鈥檚 1st November snow in 54 years!
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THE Japanese capital of Tokyo yesterday was hit by its first November snow in 54 years, slowing rush hour trains as residents slogged to work wearing heavy coats and boots in a city far more accustomed to earthquakes than to snow.
The last time snow fell in November in Tokyo, John F Kennedy was the US president and singer Bob Dylan — who this year won the Nobel Literature Prize — had released his debut album just months before.
The snow, which began as sleet around dawn but turned to snow soon after, was sparked by an unusual cold front spreading over the Tokyo area that sent temperatures down to near zero degrees Celsius.
Average temperatures at this time of year are highs of 14 degrees and rose as far as 20 degrees as recently as Sunday.
“I was shocked,” said Masaru Machida, who had just finished night shift work and was walking home. “It’s too early.”
Though Tokyo, which is on roughly the same latitude as the US city of Raleigh, North Carolina, does see snow at least once a year, it usually falls in January or February and rarely accumulates for long.
As much as 2 centimeters of snow was predicted for central Tokyo, according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency.
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