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Has the climate in Musashimurayama changed?

Musashimurayama has warmed about 2.2°F between 1999 and 2024.

About 1.1°F per decade, measured from Musashimurayama's official daily weather records, 1999–2024. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Musashimurayama's climate has warmed faster 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.

Average temperature
+1.6°F
1970s
58.9°F
Recent
60.5°F
A steady upward drift

Musashimurayama's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1999 to 2024.

56°58°60°62°64°1999: 59.3°F2005: 57.9°F2006: 58.5°F2007: 59.2°F2008: 58.6°F2009: 59.0°F2010: 59.8°F2011: 59.3°F2012: 58.0°F2013: 59.3°F2014: 58.5°F2015: 59.7°F2016: 59.6°F2017: 58.4°F2018: 60.3°F2019: 59.5°F2020: 59.7°F2021: 60.0°F2022: 59.6°F2023: 61.8°F2024: 62.6°Flong-term trend1999201020202024
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.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency, measured at Tokorozawa, about 4 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →