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2021 Cherry Blossom Forecast Countdown to flowering in Hiroshima, etc. Full bloom at the end of March, just like in Tokyo
On the 11th, the Japan Meteorological Association announced the “2021 Cherry Blossom Forecast (5th)”. In Hiroshima and Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture, it is in the countdown stage to bloom. By the end of March, there will be many locations in full bloom from Kyushu to Kanto to Hokuriku.
2021 Expected Flowering Date / Expected Full Flowering Date (Main Points)
Bloom trends and full bloom
On the 10th, the cherry blossoms in Sukumo City, Kochi Prefecture, bloomed earlier at the planned location of the Japan Meteorological Association. In addition, in the city of Uwajima and Hiroshima, Ehime Prefecture, where it has already been confirmed that several flowers have already opened, it is in the stage of countdown to flowering. If it blossoms today on the 11th, Hiroshima will break the oldest record of March 19, 2004 on March 8, 2004. At other points, it has continued to grow rapidly in the sunlight approaching 20 degrees for the last few days, Fukuoka on the 13 , Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Matsuyama, Kochi on the 14th and Oita on the 15th. It will flourish in Nagasaki and Saga. It will bloom in Okayama and Tokyo on the 16th, and in Kagoshima, Kyoto, Wakayama, Nagoya, Gifu and Yokohama on the 17th, with the cherry blossoms expected to bloom next week. In late March, it will bloom widely from Kyushu to Kanto and Hokuriku, with the cherry blossom front arriving in Sendai on the 29th. The cherry blossom front is expected to move at a rapid pace, heading north towards Aomori in mid-April and crossing the Tsugaru Strait in late April. It will bloom on April 25 in Hakodate and April 26 in Sapporo.
This winter (December-February), there were frequent chills and days of intense cold throughout the country. For this reason, it appears that the dormancy of cherry blossom buds was successfully broken. On the other hand, since approximately mid-January, the number of warm days has increased above normal. Even in April, the temperature will be as high as normal or high across the country, and flower buds are expected to grow, so both the expected bloom date and the full bloom date will be earlier than normal throughout. the country.
* Statistics on cherry blossoms and full bloom began in 1953.
* Temperature statistics began in 1946/47.
* Breaking dormancy: Flower buds that formed in the summer of the previous year and went into dormancy awaken in winter when exposed to low temperatures for a certain period of time.
* When the temperature is high, originally warm areas tend to bloom later than they are now, and originally cool areas tend to bloom earlier than they are now.
Explanation of words
Normal year: mean value from 1981 to 2010
Quite early: more than 7 days earlier than normal
Early: 3 to 6 days earlier than normal
Normal year: the difference with the normal year is 2 days
Late: 3 to 6 days later than normal
Quite late: more than 7 days later than normal
11th Hiroshima specimen tree
On the morning of the 11th, several flowers were blooming on the sample tree in Hiroshima.
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