Summer Info
The Japan Meteorological Agency announced today, 7/18 (Fri.), that the rainy season appears to have ended in the Kanto-Koshin, Hokuriku, and southern Tohoku regions. For the Kanto-Koshin region (which includes Nagano), the end came one day earlier than the average and falls on the same day as last year. In Hokuriku, the rainy season ended five days earlier than average and 13 days earlier than last year, while southern Tohoku saw the rainy season come to an end six days earlier than average and a full 14 days earlier than last year.
*Note: The start and end of the rainy season typically involves a transition period of about five days. These declarations from the Japan Meteorological Agency are preliminary and may be revised later based on an overall assessment of the weather patterns from spring through summer.