Kanggye climate — normals and trends
Kanggye (North Korea) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 1,157 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 July (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-14.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kanggye averages 167 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Kanggye has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 176 to 158 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 2 August 2018) and the coldest -37.8 °C (on 13 January 1951).
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
KanggyeChagang
- coords
- 40.97°, 126.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.3°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
-0.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,157mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
10.7km/h
Seasonal range
35.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
167 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
107.9 cm
Average feels-like high
9.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.6 °C
Average peak gust
33.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °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
35.6 °C
2 August 2018
Coldest day
-37.8 °C
13 January 1951
Wettest day
169 mm
5 September 1956
Windiest day
30.7 km/h
6 May 2017
Strongest gust
107.3 km/h
19 April 1980
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
5 August 2016
Coldest feels-like
-42.6 °C
13 January 1951
Snowiest day
20.4 cm
25 November 2013
Sunniest day
14.8 h
22 June 1961
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 21 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | -3.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 12 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 7.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 27 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 14.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 116 mm | +41 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 107 mm | +0 mm |
| Jun | 25.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 144 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 28.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 202 mm | -64 mm |
| Aug | 26.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 367 mm | +138 mm |
| Sep | 23.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 124 mm | +26 mm |
| Oct | 14.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 101 mm | +35 mm |
| Nov | 6.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 50 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | -3.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 35 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kanggye?
Kanggye has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 1,157 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kanggye?
The hottest day measured in Kanggye between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2018, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kanggye?
The coldest day measured in Kanggye between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1951, at -37.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kanggye?
Yes. Kanggye gets on average 107.9 cm of snow per year and has around 167 frost days.
Has the climate of Kanggye warmed?
Yes: Kanggye warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kanggye?
The wettest day measured in Kanggye between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1956, with 169 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kanggye?
The windiest day measured in Kanggye between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 2017, with winds reaching 30.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kanggye?
The warmest month in Kanggye is July (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kanggye?
Kanggye receives on average 1,157 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kanggye?
Kanggye gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kanggye?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kanggye between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 2013, with 20.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kanggye?
Yes: Kanggye has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kanggye?
In Kanggye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 5 August 2016, and the lowest was -42.6 °C on 13 January 1951.
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