Chunghwa climate — normals and trends
Chunghwa (North Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 1,033 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Chunghwa averages 122 frost days, 27 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Chunghwa has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 131 to 113 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 2 August 2018) and the coldest -28.4 °C (on 7 January 1950).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
ChunghwaPyongyang
- coords
- 38.86°, 125.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.8°C
Average daily high
15.7°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,033mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
30.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
122 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
27 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
28.6 cm
Average feels-like high
14.5 °C
Average feels-like low
4.6 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
53 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.9 °C
2 August 2018
Coldest day
-28.4 °C
7 January 1950
Wettest day
230 mm
7 September 1962
Windiest day
50.8 km/h
27 August 2020
Strongest gust
121.3 km/h
27 August 2020
Hottest feels-like
46.5 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-33.7 °C
7 January 1950
Snowiest day
19.9 cm
23 January 1948
Sunniest day
14.3 h
27 June 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 13 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 1.6 °C | -0.5 °C | 8 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 28 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 17.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 90 mm | +29 mm |
| May | 22.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 100 mm | +20 mm |
| Jun | 27.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 162 mm | +55 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 90 mm | -181 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 244 mm | +23 mm |
| Sep | 26.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 219 mm | +108 mm |
| Oct | 19.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 130 mm | +84 mm |
| Nov | 12.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 18 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 2.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 25 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chunghwa?
Chunghwa has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 1,033 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chunghwa?
The hottest day measured in Chunghwa between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2018, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chunghwa?
The coldest day measured in Chunghwa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1950, at -28.4 °C.
Does it snow in Chunghwa?
Yes. Chunghwa gets on average 28.6 cm of snow per year and has around 122 frost days.
Has the climate of Chunghwa warmed?
Yes: Chunghwa warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chunghwa?
The wettest day measured in Chunghwa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 1962, with 230 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chunghwa?
The windiest day measured in Chunghwa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 2020, with winds reaching 50.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chunghwa?
The warmest month in Chunghwa is August (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Chunghwa?
Chunghwa receives on average 1,033 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chunghwa?
Chunghwa gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chunghwa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chunghwa between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1948, with 19.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chunghwa?
Yes: Chunghwa has on average 53 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chunghwa?
In Chunghwa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 1 August 2018, and the lowest was -33.7 °C on 7 January 1950.
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