India, April 16 -- Sapporo, its main city, registered 26degC on April 15, the earliest such record in a given year

Sapporo, the main city of Japan's second-largest island of Hokkaido, recorded 26 degrees Celsius on April 15, 2024, an official of the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) told AFP .

Record-keeping of temperatures began in 1877. April 15, 2024 is the earliest time in the year that Sapporo, a city famous for its snow and ice sights, has recorded this temperature which the JMA classifies as a 'summer day', AFP added.

It is a far cry from 2008, when Hokkaido played host to the G8 summit. An analysis brought about by the World-Wide Fund for Nature-Japan had then noted that the mean temperature in August, Hokkaido's hottest mon...