Hwadae climate — normals and trends
Hwadae (North Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 792 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Hwadae averages 116 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.
Hwadae has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 130 to 102 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.7 °C (on 4 August 2018) and the coldest -19.8 °C (on 19 January 1966).
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
HwadaeNorth Hamgyong
- coords
- 40.84°, 129.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
11.0°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
792mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
17.8km/h
Seasonal range
27.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
116 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
108 d/yr
Annual snowfall
106.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
32.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
27 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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
30.7 °C
4 August 2018
Coldest day
-19.8 °C
19 January 1966
Wettest day
160 mm
21 August 1957
Windiest day
56.8 km/h
20 September 1991
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
20 September 1991
Hottest feels-like
37.3 °C
4 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-25.3 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
25.2 cm
15 March 1965
Sunniest day
14.9 h
27 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 76 mm | +41 mm |
| Feb | -0.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 29 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 4.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 23 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 9.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 85 mm | +40 mm |
| May | 15.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 43 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 21.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 156 mm | +91 mm |
| Jul | 26.4 °C | +4.1 °C | 131 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 76 mm | -77 mm |
| Sep | 23.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 76 mm | -14 mm |
| Oct | 15.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 98 mm | +44 mm |
| Nov | 9.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 17 mm | -38 mm |
| Dec | 2.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 55 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Hwadae?
Hwadae has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 792 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hwadae?
The hottest day measured in Hwadae between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2018, reaching 30.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Hwadae?
The coldest day measured in Hwadae between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1966, at -19.8 °C.
Does it snow in Hwadae?
Yes. Hwadae gets on average 106.7 cm of snow per year and has around 116 frost days.
Has the climate of Hwadae warmed?
Yes: Hwadae warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Hwadae?
The wettest day measured in Hwadae between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 1957, with 160 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Hwadae?
The windiest day measured in Hwadae between 1940 and 2025 was 20 September 1991, with winds reaching 56.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Hwadae?
The warmest month in Hwadae is August (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Hwadae?
Hwadae receives on average 792 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Hwadae?
Hwadae gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Hwadae?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hwadae between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1965, with 25.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Hwadae?
Yes: Hwadae has on average 27 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hwadae?
In Hwadae, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 4 August 2018, and the lowest was -25.3 °C on 9 January 1940.
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