東京・大阪・名古屋で、観測史上最も遅い真夏日

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is October twenty-first. Big cities in Japan just had their latest-ever thirty-degree day. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down.

On the twenty-first, it was unseasonably hot along the Pacific side of western and eastern Japan.

It means out of season.

In central Tokyo, the high reached thirty point three degrees.

It means the day's highest temperature.

A day of thirty degrees or more has a special name.

It means a midsummer day, thirty degrees or higher.

For central Tokyo, it was the latest such day since records began.

It means observation, like weather measurements.

Osaka hit thirty-one point two, and Nagoya thirty-one point four. Both set records for the latest hot day.

It means a record.

In Osaka, the record changed for the first time in ninety-three years.

Temperatures went over thirty degrees at more than one hundred fifty locations nationwide.

It means a point or location.

In Hyuga, Miyazaki, it reached thirty-three point six, the highest ever in Japan for late October.

Warm air flowing in from the south was the cause.

It means warm.

Meanwhile, in Hokkaido it was cold, and some places stayed under ten degrees.

It means on the other hand.

On the twenty-second, cold air comes in from the north, and temperatures are expected to drop sharply.

It means cold, like cold air or water.

Highs in Tokyo and Osaka are forecast at twenty-three degrees.

It means a forecast or prediction.

The temperature is changing suddenly, so take care of your health.

It means your physical condition.

Now let's hear the full news again.

Quiz time. Listen and answer.

Thirty point three degrees.

Ninety-three years.

Twenty-three degrees.

That's all for this evening. Thanks for listening. See you next time.