Tokyo sees first snow of winter, latest on record - Reuters

[Eugene]

Tokyo sees first snow of winter, latest on record
16 Mar 2007 02:33:12 GMT
Source: Reuters

TOKYO, March 16 (Reuters) - A cold snap brought a sprinkle of snow
to Tokyo on Friday morning for the first time this winter, the latest
arrival of snow in the capital on record, the official weather agency
said.

"Snow fell for a short while from around 7 a.m. (2200 GMT Thursday),"
an official with Japan's Meteorological Agency said.

"It was the latest first snowfall since the agency started keeping
records in 1876."

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The previous record for late-arriving snow was Feb. 10, set in 1960,
the Meteorological Agency official said.

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Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T74426.htm

[hatrack]

1. Wow, they actually got some snow?

Just in time for cherry-blossom season, too!

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Meanwhile, just north of Philadelphia ...

We just got our largest snowfall of the season in the form of 3" of virgin sleet.

Keeping in mind, of course, that it was the warmest January and coldest February on record. (Or close to it.)

I can hardly wait for summer and the beginning of the annual mid-July snowstorm and late-August 120F+ heat wave.

--p!

[Systematic Chaos]

3. One Krazy Klimate Variety Pak (tm) coming right up!

:rofl: