<page_title> Geography of Japan </page_title> <section_title> Extreme temperature records </section_title> <table> <cell> 41.0 <col_header> °C </col_header> </cell> <cell> 41.8 <col_header> °F </col_header> </cell> <cell> Asahikawa, Hokkaido <col_header> Location </col_header> </cell> <cell> 25 January 1902 <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> 41.1 <col_header> °C </col_header> </cell> <cell> 106.0 <col_header> °F </col_header> </cell> <cell> Kumagaya, Saitama <col_header> Location </col_header> </cell> <cell> 23 July 2018 <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> </table>
The hottest temperature measured in Japan was 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) in Kumagaya on 23 July 2018 and the coldest was −41.0 °C (−41.8 °F) recorded at Asahikawa, Hokkaidō on 25 January 1902.