Naha sakura make their “blooming declaration” 14 days earlier than average, with high of 22.6 degrees

Naha sakura make their “blooming declaration” 14 days earlier than average, with high of 22.6 degrees

Early-blooming cherry tree (hikanzakura) specimen used for biological season observation by the Okinawa Regional Headquarters of the JMA, in bloom around 6:00 p.m. on January 4 at Sueyoshi Park in Naha


January 5, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

On January 4, the Okinawa Regional Headquarters of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced that the hikanzakura cherry trees in Naha started blooming on that day and that the plum trees had started blooming on December 31, 2020. The hikanzakura cherry trees started blooming 14 days earlier than average, and two days earlier than the preceding year. The plum trees started blooming 15 days earlier than average and six days earlier than the preceding year.

 

The Okinawa area saw clouds and rain on January 4 as a result of a valley in the air pressure. The highest temperature was 24.3 degrees in Kyuto, Minamidaito Village, and 24.2 degrees in Minamidaito in the same village, equivalent to the average temperatures in mid-April. Naha recorded a high of 22.6 degrees.

 

According to the Okinawa Regional Headquarters of the JMA, clouds and rain are expected on January 5 in the Okinawa area as a result of cold following the front arising in the adjacent seas and the incoming high air pressure from the continent. Storms are expected to pick up in the Sakishima Islands.

 

(English translation by T&CT and Sandi Aritza)

 

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