The summit of Japan's Mount Fuji was not covered with snow by the last days of October for the first time in 130 years of observations. 

Snow usually appears on Fuji by early October and marks the arrival of winter. Last year, snow caps began to form on the mountain on 5 October, but most of them melted in early November due to warming temperatures.The Kofu Meteorological Bureau, which annually announces the first snowfall on Fuji, attributed the current lack of snow to unusually high temperatures and rain.

Previously, the latest date on which Fuji remained snow-free was 26 October. That record was recorded in 1955 and 2016.
According to the Meteorological Agency, Japan had its hottest summer in 126 years in 2024. The average temperature from June to August was 1.76 degrees above normal, surpassing the previous record of 1.08 degrees set in 2010.
Climate Central, a research group, believes that Japan's atypical heat wave in October is linked to the climate crisis.