Mount Fuji Sets Record for Latest Time in the Year Without Snow [Video]

Mount Fuji remains snowless in late October, the latest in the year that the famous mountain has gone without snow for at least 130 years, when records began.

In recent years, at least a light snowfall on Mount Fuji is common by early October, but this year has seen record-breaking hot months over the summer and unseasonably warm temperatures into September.

According to a press release from Tokyo Climate Center (TCC) and Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), July 2024 reached record-breaking heat, even surpassing heat records reached in July 2023. June and August also had record-high temps, with temperatures reaching about 1.76 degrees Celsius (3.1 degrees Fahrenheit) above average, the BBC reported.

While temperatures did begin dropping this month, they still remained above average for October. As such, Mount Fuji remains snowless with just a couple days until November.

This is the latest into the year that the mountain has gone without a snowfall since scientists began tracking this data in 1894.

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