May 21 10:07 PM US/EasternNAHA, Japan, May 22 (AP) - (Kyodo) — Okinawa and Kagoshima Prefecture's Amami Island area are believed to have entered the rainy season Thursday, the first areas of Japan to do so, local meteorological observatories said.
That is the third-latest on record for Okinawa since such statistics were first compiled in 1951. It was 14 days later than average and six days later than last year.
The Amami area entered the season 12 days later than average.
The Okinawa Meteorological Observatory attributed the delay in entering the season to the late formation of the seasonal rain front under the influence of a high pressure system over the Pacific.
The observatory predicts rainy or cloudy weather for the week ahead in the Okinawa area.
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