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Has the climate in Miyakojima changed?

Miyakojima has warmed about 0.8°F between 1973 and 2020.

About 0.2°F per decade, measured from Miyakojima's official daily weather records, 1973–2020. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Miyakojima's climate has warmed more slowly than most other cities in Japan.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
about the same
1970s
0 / yr
Recent
0 / yr
Winters about as cold as before
Average temperature
+0.3°F
1970s
74.7°F
Recent
75.1°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
1 more day
1970s
19 / yr
Recent
20 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
14 more days
1970s
134 / yr
Recent
148 / yr
Wetter on average

Miyakojima's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1973 to 2020.

72°74°76°78°1973: 73.5°F1974: 74.0°F1975: 74.6°F1976: 74.1°F1977: 75.3°F1978: 74.5°F1979: 74.9°F1980: 75.3°F1981: 74.6°F1982: 75.2°F1983: 75.9°F1984: 74.5°F1985: 74.7°F1986: 74.1°F1987: 75.5°F1988: 75.3°F1989: 74.1°F1990: 74.6°F1991: 75.1°F1992: 74.3°F1993: 74.8°F1994: 74.7°F1995: 74.0°F1996: 74.2°F1997: 74.2°F1998: 76.6°F1999: 75.1°F2000: 74.5°F2001: 74.9°F2002: 75.0°F2003: 75.0°F2004: 74.6°F2005: 74.3°F2006: 74.9°F2007: 75.2°F2008: 74.7°F2009: 75.0°F2010: 74.8°F2011: 74.1°F2012: 74.6°F2013: 74.8°F2014: 74.8°F2015: 75.6°F2016: 76.3°F2017: 75.5°F2018: 74.8°F2019: 75.9°F2020: 75.8°Flong-term trend197319801990200020102020
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 2 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency, measured at Miyakojima, about 3 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →