東京都心２８．１度　３月の記録更新―気象庁

　東・西日本の太平洋側では３１日、関東甲信を中心に気温が大幅に上がった。気象庁によると、甲府市と東京都府中市で２８．６度、同練馬区で２８．５度、都心（千代田区）で２８．１度を観測。府中市と都心は地点ごとの３月の観測史上最高記録を更新した。
　前日に続いてよく晴れたほか、南からの暖かい空気に覆われたのが要因という。
　他に３月の最高記録を更新したのは、前橋市２７．４度、横浜市２６．９度、和歌山県古座川町２６．７度、徳島県美馬市２７．７度などで、６０地点を超えた。
　桜（ソメイヨシノ）の標本木の開花も進み、奈良市と埼玉県熊谷市、前橋市、水戸市で開花が発表された。今春の開花は寒の戻りで遅くなり、熊谷は昨年より１４日も遅かったが、桜前線はこの１週間で急速に北上した。２３日に全国で初めて開花した高知の標本木は３１日に満開を迎えた。（2024/03/31-18:14）

The mercury soared mainly in the Kanto-Koshin regions of eastern and central Japan on Sunday, with Tokyo and many other places marking the highest readings for March since the start of observation, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
   Observation points in the city of Fuchu in Tokyo and Chiyoda Ward at the heart of the Japanese capital saw the temperature rise to as high as 28.6 degrees Celsius and 28.1 degrees, respectively. Both figures marked record highs for the sites for March.
   A total of more than 60 sites logged record-high temperatures for the month on Sunday. Among them, Maebashi, the capital of Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, recorded 27.4 degrees, Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, 26.9 degrees, the town of Kozagawa in the western prefecture of Wakayama 26.7 degrees and the city of Mima, Tokushima Prefecture, also western Japan, 27.7 degrees.
   These areas were covered with warm air from the south, according to the agency.
   Among other municipalities, the day's maximum temperature stood at 28.6 degrees in Kofu, the capital of Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, and 28.5 degrees in Tokyo's Nerima Ward although the readings were not the highest for March.