World · East Asia & Pacific · 6 hrs ago
Cold snap brings season-low temperatures to north and east Japan
A strong mass of cold air brought the season’s lowest temperatures to northern and eastern Japan on Nov.
9.
Rikubetsu, a town in Hokkaido, recorded minus 10.4 C, the first reading below minus 10 C in Japan this season.
Central Tokyo fell to 8.4 C overnight, and the daytime high was only 9.8 C, temperatures more typical of early January.
Morioka, Saitama, Yokohama and Chiba also recorded their lowest temperatures of the season.
The cold snap is expected to continue through Nov.
10, before temperatures are forecast to rise nationwide from around Nov.
12.
Northern and eastern Japan recorded the season’s coldest day on Nov. 9 as a strong mass of cold air moved over the region.
Rikubetsu, a town in Hokkaido, recorded a low of 10.4 degrees Celsius below zero.
Central Tokyo reached a low of 8.4 C, and its daytime temperature stayed at 9.8 C.
The cold weather was expected to continue through Nov. 10, with temperatures forecast to rise nationwide from around Nov. 12.
- Who
- Residents of northern and eastern Japan experienced the cold snap.
- What
- The region recorded its season’s coldest day, with temperatures falling below zero in Rikubetsu.
- When
- Nov. 9, 2026; the cold was expected to continue through Nov. 10.
- Where
- Northern and eastern Japan, including Hokkaido, Morioka, Tokyo, Saitama, Yokohama and Chiba.
- Why
- A strong mass of cold air affected the region.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Northern and eastern Japan recorded the season’s coldest day.
The cold weather was expected to continue.
Temperatures were forecast to rise nationwide.
- Rikubetsu low
- −10.4 C
- Central Tokyo low
- 8.4 C
- Central Tokyo daytime temperature
- 9.8 C
- Morioka low
- 0.8 C
- Cold snap date
- Nov. 9, 2026