TOKYO - Central Tokyo on Tuesday registered 34 consecutive days of rain, marking the longest streak on record, according to the weather agency.
The area has seen precipitation since Aug. 27, with approaching typhoons, a stalled autumn rain front and a trough of low pressure contributing to the rain. The previous record was 33 consecutive days from June 27 to July 29 in 2019.
The heaviest rainfall during the current streak was 156 millimeters on Sept. 21. Rainfall in central Tokyo totaled 629 mm through Monday, about three times the average for the entire month of September.
Rain fell across wide areas of eastern and western Japan on Tuesday. More than 30 mm fell in one hour early in the morning in Echizen in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan.
The rain is expected to continue, mainly in eastern Japan, until around Thursday, partly due to an autumn rain front.
