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hottest July in Tokyo history

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Kokubunji, 2024.09.16

The average temperature in Tokyo for the 2024 month of July was fully two degrees hotter than the average for the thirty prior Julys. That is quite a jump. No wonder it felt so awful.

rand()m quote

Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.

—Eric Hoffer, The Temper of Our Time