Kangsŏn climate — normals and trends
Kangsŏn (North Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 1,072 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 (-5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kangsŏn averages 118 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Kangsŏn 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 127 to 109 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 2 August 2018) and the coldest -25.3 °C (on 16 January 1967).
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
KangsŏnSouth Pyongan
- coords
- 38.94°, 125.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,072mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
17.9km/h
Seasonal range
30.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
118 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
28.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.6 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
56 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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
35.9 °C
2 August 2018
Coldest day
-25.3 °C
16 January 1967
Wettest day
216 mm
7 September 1962
Windiest day
58.6 km/h
17 April 1946
Strongest gust
117.7 km/h
27 August 2020
Hottest feels-like
45.5 °C
2 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-30.9 °C
16 January 1967
Snowiest day
23.3 cm
3 March 1989
Sunniest day
14.3 h
18 June 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 14 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 1.1 °C | -0.4 °C | 6 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 19 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 86 mm | +24 mm |
| May | 21.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 109 mm | +25 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 211 mm | +100 mm |
| Jul | 30.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 157 mm | -126 mm |
| Aug | 30.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 325 mm | +97 mm |
| Sep | 26.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 193 mm | +81 mm |
| Oct | 18.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 127 mm | +74 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 22 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 2.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 25 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kangsŏn?
Kangsŏn has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 1,072 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kangsŏn?
The hottest day measured in Kangsŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2018, reaching 35.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kangsŏn?
The coldest day measured in Kangsŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1967, at -25.3 °C.
Does it snow in Kangsŏn?
Yes. Kangsŏn gets on average 28.7 cm of snow per year and has around 118 frost days.
Has the climate of Kangsŏn warmed?
Yes: Kangsŏn warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kangsŏn?
The wettest day measured in Kangsŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 1962, with 216 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kangsŏn?
The windiest day measured in Kangsŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1946, with winds reaching 58.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kangsŏn?
The warmest month in Kangsŏn is August (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Kangsŏn?
Kangsŏn receives on average 1,072 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kangsŏn?
Kangsŏn gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kangsŏn?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kangsŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1989, with 23.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kangsŏn?
Yes: Kangsŏn has on average 56 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kangsŏn?
In Kangsŏn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.5 °C on 2 August 2018, and the lowest was -30.9 °C on 16 January 1967.
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