Mount Fuji breaks 130-year record as snow arrives later than ever
Japans highest peak got its first snow-cap way behind schedule marking the latest arrival since measurements started. Unusual warmth at the summit kept snow away until early-november making tourists wait
The iconic snow-top of Mount Fuji showed up super-late this year (breaking all known records since the 1800s) The Kofu weather-station staff spotted white stuff near the 3‚776-meter summit on thursday morning
Last year snow came in early-october but this time warm weather messed up the usual schedule. The mountain-top temps stayed way above normal — hitting 1.6°C in oct which is pretty weird since it usually sits at minus-2 degrees during that time-period.
Mamoru Matsumoto from the observatory explains: “I wasnt surprised by the delay because summit temperatures stayed high since october; still its nice to finally see the snow.“ The super-hot summer didnt help either with nationwide temps going up almost 2 degrees more than usual
Its beautiful with the snow and that was kind of what our expectations were coming to Japan
The snow declaration happens when observers can spot white stuff covering parts of the peak (theyʼve been doing this since way back in 1894) Now tourists can finally see the mountain just like on those famous postcards; its just that they had to wait longer than anybody in the last 130 years
