The early summer sunlight is dazzling during a pause in the rainy season.  Except for the Kanto area, it was a record-breaking start of the rainy season, but so far there are quite a few sunny days.  Hydrangea is already blooming and hibis is blooming when I go out to the park etc. after such a sunny day.  When seeing such a scene, my dreams will naturally spread toward the coming summer.  However,···.  Because the change of seasons is half a month earlier than usual, I expect that the end of the rainy season will be the same, but it seems that this is not always the case.  Statistically, in the early years of the rainy season, the rainy season will be prolonged.  The end of the rainy season last year was late enough to break the record, and torrential rains occurred in various parts of Japan such as Kyushu and the Chubu region, centering on Kumamoto prefecture. It is memorable that guerrilla rainstorms often occurred in urban areas as well, causing great confusion.  Everything continues to break records this year.  Due to the torrential rain during the rainy season, more caution is being called for.

梅雨の晴れ間にさす初夏の陽光が眩しいです。関東方面を除いてはどことも記録破りの梅雨入りでしたが、今のところ晴れ間も結構あります。そんな晴れ間を縫って公園などに出かけるともう紫陽花も咲き始めていますし、ハイビスも花開いています。こうした光景を見ますと自ずとこの先の夏に向けて夢が広がります。しかし、・・・。季節の移り変わりが半月も早い中、梅雨明けもそうかと期待しますが、必ずしもそうではないようです。統計的には梅雨入りが早い年は梅雨が長引くということです。昨年の梅雨明けは記録破りに遅く、熊本県を中心に九州や中部地方など日本各地で集中豪雨が発生し「令和２年７月豪雨」と命名される程の豪雨に見舞われ甚大な被害が発生しました。都市部でもゲリラ豪雨がしばしば発生し、大混乱を起こしたことが記憶に残っています。今年は何もかもが記録破りが続いています。梅雨期の集中豪雨により一層の警戒が呼び掛けられています。