Kapsan-ŭp climate — normals and trends
Kapsan-ŭp (North Korea) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.2 °C and it receives 850 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 (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-16.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kapsan-ŭp averages 195 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Kapsan-ŭp has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 205 to 185 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.5 °C (on 17 July 1958) and the coldest -35.9 °C (on 1 February 1947).
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
Kapsan-ŭpYanggang-do
- coords
- 41.09°, 128.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.2°C
Average daily high
8.3°C
Average daily low
-3.4°C
Annual rainfall
850mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
34.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
195 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
107.3 cm
Average feels-like high
5.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.3 °C
Average peak gust
38.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
31.5 °C
17 July 1958
Coldest day
-35.9 °C
1 February 1947
Wettest day
105 mm
27 July 1949
Windiest day
35.0 km/h
13 May 1968
Strongest gust
117.4 km/h
28 August 2012
Hottest feels-like
36.4 °C
3 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-41.4 °C
13 January 1953
Snowiest day
37.9 cm
13 April 2025
Sunniest day
15.0 h
21 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -5.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 31 mm | +19 mm |
| Feb | -7.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 6 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 3.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 38 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 10.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 114 mm | +57 mm |
| May | 16.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 96 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 22.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 145 mm | +30 mm |
| Jul | 26.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 156 mm | -26 mm |
| Aug | 23.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 182 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 20.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 80 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 11.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 104 mm | +61 mm |
| Nov | 4.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 12 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | -5.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 19 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kapsan-ŭp?
Kapsan-ŭp has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.2 °C and it receives 850 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kapsan-ŭp?
The hottest day measured in Kapsan-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1958, reaching 31.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kapsan-ŭp?
The coldest day measured in Kapsan-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1947, at -35.9 °C.
Does it snow in Kapsan-ŭp?
Yes. Kapsan-ŭp gets on average 107.3 cm of snow per year and has around 195 frost days.
Has the climate of Kapsan-ŭp warmed?
Yes: Kapsan-ŭp warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kapsan-ŭp?
The wettest day measured in Kapsan-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1949, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kapsan-ŭp?
The windiest day measured in Kapsan-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1968, with winds reaching 35.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kapsan-ŭp?
The warmest month in Kapsan-ŭp is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-16.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kapsan-ŭp?
Kapsan-ŭp receives on average 850 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kapsan-ŭp?
Kapsan-ŭp gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kapsan-ŭp?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kapsan-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 2025, with 37.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kapsan-ŭp?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kapsan-ŭp.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kapsan-ŭp?
In Kapsan-ŭp, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.4 °C on 3 August 2018, and the lowest was -41.4 °C on 13 January 1953.
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