On the 30th, amid a continuing heatwave under a high pressure system, Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture, recorded its highest temperature ever recorded at 40.6°C at 1:47 PM. This was the first time a temperature above 40°C was recorded nationwide this year, and the first time in Kyoto Prefecture.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, at 2:39 PM, Kashiwara Town, Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture, recorded the highest temperature ever recorded in Japan at 41.2°C. This was the first time in the Kinki region that a temperature exceeded 40°C in 31 years, since Katsuragi Town, Wakayama Prefecture, recorded 40.6°C on August 8, 1994.
In Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, the maximum temperature reached 39.6°C at 2:57 PM. This was the first time that Kyoto City had reached 39°C this year, and the fourth time in July.
A temperature of 39.4°C was recorded in Sonobe town, Nantan city, Kyoto prefecture at 2:33 pm, while in Miyama town, Nantan city, it reached 39.1°C at 1:29 pm and in Kyotanabe city at 1:58 pm, all of which were new records.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Kyoto Prefecture was 39.8°C, recorded in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto city on July 19, 2018. In Fukuchiyama city, it was 39.6°C, recorded on August 22, 2018.
