With the hot weather we’ve been having, I’m frequently tempted to search on the web to try to find the the peak temperature for Kumamoto. Well, I think I’ve found a reasonably good site. It’s in Japanese but numbers are numbers so that shouldn’t be too much of a problem:
http://www.jma.go.jp/jp/amedas_h/today-86141.html
Today’s high (near Kumamoto Castle, where the measurements are taken) was 36.8 C (98.2 F), with a relative humidity of 51%. If you’re interested, you can take these numbers and plot them on a heat index chart like the one to be found here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_index
to get confirm what your senses are telling you . . . it’s REALLY hot!
– Kirk