Winter snow has finally graced Japan's iconic Mount Fuji more than a month late, breaking the record for the latest date for snowfall atop the dormant volcano, which at 12,388 feet is the country's highest peak.
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First snow of winter arrives on Japan's Mount Fuji five weeks late
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While not yet official, Mount Fuji gets its trademark snowcap after the longest delay in 130 years
The average October temperature is minus 2 Celsius (28.4 Fahrenheit) at the summit, but this year, it was 1.6 Celsius, (34.9 F), a record high since 1932.
Winter snow has finally graced Japan's iconic Mount Fuji more than a month late, breaking the record for the latest date for snowfall atop the dormant volcano, which at 12,388 feet is the country's highest peak.
Snow has finally fallen on Mount Fuji, photographs shared by local authorities and residents showed Wednesday, after the Japanese mountain's longest-ever
KOFU, Japan >> Japan’s revered Mount Fuji finally regained an iconic snowcap on Thursday, setting a record for the slowest snowfall in 130 years, the meteorological agency said.
Mount Fuji has finally gotten its iconic snowcap, meteorologists in Japan said, more than a month later than it did last year and the latest in 130 years.
