Kwail-ŭp climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kwail-ŭp?

The hottest day measured in Kwail-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2019, reaching 31.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kwail-ŭp?

The coldest day measured in Kwail-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1961, at -16.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kwail-ŭp?

Yes. Kwail-ŭp gets on average 32.9 cm of snow per year and has around 92 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Kwail-ŭp warmed?

Yes: Kwail-ŭp warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kwail-ŭp?

The wettest day measured in Kwail-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 1962, with 200 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kwail-ŭp?

The windiest day measured in Kwail-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1946, with winds reaching 66.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kwail-ŭp?

The warmest month in Kwail-ŭp is August (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kwail-ŭp?

Kwail-ŭp receives on average 969 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 96 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kwail-ŭp?

Kwail-ŭp gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kwail-ŭp has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate, averaging 10.8 °C annually with 969 mm of rain per year.

Climate normals · ERA5

Kwail-ŭpSouth Hwanghae

coords: 38.45°, 125.02°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DwaHot-summer humid continental, dry winterWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

The normals for this period

The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.

Mean daily temperature

10.8°C

Average daily high

13.5°C

Average daily low

8.2°C

Annual rainfall

969mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

21.5km/h

Seasonal range

26.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

92 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

96 d/yr

Annual snowfall

32.9 cm

Average feels-like high

11.9 °C

Average feels-like low

5.5 °C

Average peak gust

37.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

53 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

Climate month by month

How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.

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

The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.

Hottest day

31.9 °C

11 August 2019

Coldest day

-16.4 °C

12 January 1961

Wettest day

200 mm

7 September 1962

Windiest day

66.0 km/h

17 April 1946

Strongest gust

118.8 km/h

27 August 2020

Hottest feels-like

39.6 °C

24 July 1994

Coldest feels-like

-24.3 °C

24 January 2023

Snowiest day

19.3 cm

30 January 1950

Sunniest day

14.1 h

17 June 2007

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	30.9 °C29 July 2025	-11.7 °C30 January 2025	12.1 °C	972 mm	6	80
2024	30.9 °C15 August 2024	-11.1 °C23 January 2024	12.7 °C	984 mm	7	81
2023	29.8 °C30 July 2023	-14.9 °C24 January 2023	12.1 °C	983 mm	0	82
2022	30.2 °C30 July 2022	-11.1 °C20 December 2022	11.2 °C	1,068 mm	1	93
2021	29.9 °C27 July 2021	-14.1 °C7 January 2021	12.0 °C	1,013 mm	0	68
2020	29.5 °C26 August 2020	-11.1 °C30 December 2020	11.7 °C	1,261 mm	0	69
2019	31.9 °C11 August 2019	-9.9 °C8 February 2019	12.1 °C	488 mm	4	77
2018	31.7 °C2 August 2018	-14.0 °C26 January 2018	11.3 °C	829 mm	15	89
2017	29.9 °C2 August 2017	-8.3 °C23 January 2017	11.6 °C	604 mm	0	96
2016	29.7 °C5 August 2016	-13.9 °C24 January 2016	11.6 °C	853 mm	0	83
2015	28.7 °C7 August 2015	-11.0 °C8 February 2015	11.8 °C	677 mm	0	86
2014	31.2 °C2 August 2014	-8.5 °C9 January 2014	11.7 °C	446 mm	1	92
2013	29.6 °C11 August 2013	-12.9 °C7 February 2013	10.9 °C	877 mm	0	95
2012	30.1 °C2 August 2012	-12.4 °C2 February 2012	10.6 °C	1,188 mm	1	106
2011	29.9 °C7 August 2011	-12.3 °C16 January 2011	10.6 °C	1,043 mm	0	99
2010	28.7 °C7 September 2010	-11.4 °C14 January 2010	10.7 °C	1,315 mm	0	91
2009	29.5 °C10 August 2009	-10.0 °C31 December 2009	11.4 °C	866 mm	0	82
2008	29.3 °C9 August 2008	-9.6 °C6 December 2008	11.4 °C	1,086 mm	0	86
2007	27.6 °C30 July 2007	-7.4 °C2 February 2007	11.8 °C	1,285 mm	0	72
2006	28.6 °C14 August 2006	-14.1 °C3 February 2006	11.4 °C	820 mm	0	76
2005	30.0 °C23 July 2005	-10.3 °C24 February 2005	10.6 °C	862 mm	1	104
2004	29.3 °C11 August 2004	-13.8 °C21 January 2004	11.5 °C	980 mm	0	76
2003	27.0 °C25 August 2003	-12.0 °C29 January 2003	11.1 °C	964 mm	0	82
2002	30.8 °C27 July 2002	-8.2 °C2 January 2002	11.3 °C	669 mm	2	75
2001	29.0 °C17 August 2001	-14.0 °C13 January 2001	11.1 °C	841 mm	0	101
2000	30.6 °C17 August 2000	-10.2 °C20 January 2000	11.0 °C	751 mm	2	96
1999	29.9 °C27 July 1999	-9.9 °C30 January 1999	11.6 °C	790 mm	0	83
1998	27.8 °C30 July 1998	-11.9 °C24 January 1998	12.0 °C	1,023 mm	0	76
1997	31.6 °C29 July 1997	-12.3 °C21 January 1997	11.4 °C	777 mm	10	79
1996	28.4 °C2 August 1996	-9.6 °C2 February 1996	10.7 °C	956 mm	0	86
1995	28.9 °C15 August 1995	-8.5 °C30 January 1995	11.3 °C	939 mm	0	84
1994	31.0 °C26 July 1994	-9.0 °C10 February 1994	11.9 °C	996 mm	6	86
1993	26.3 °C2 September 1993	-7.7 °C19 January 1993	10.9 °C	836 mm	0	88
1992	29.0 °C30 August 1992	-8.4 °C25 December 1992	11.4 °C	762 mm	0	79
1991	30.4 °C21 August 1991	-11.4 °C23 February 1991	11.2 °C	701 mm	3	86
1990	29.2 °C7 August 1990	-13.7 °C25 January 1990	11.3 °C	1,881 mm	0	72
1989	29.3 °C4 August 1989	-10.4 °C14 January 1989	11.6 °C	1,122 mm	0	73
1988	30.0 °C11 August 1988	-8.6 °C3 February 1988	11.0 °C	654 mm	1	99
1987	27.1 °C24 August 1987	-10.4 °C13 January 1987	10.7 °C	1,161 mm	0	99
1986	27.3 °C1 August 1986	-13.2 °C2 January 1986	10.2 °C	1,049 mm	0	81
1985	28.5 °C30 July 1985	-15.7 °C17 January 1985	10.4 °C	1,068 mm	0	104
1984	29.4 °C19 August 1984	-13.5 °C3 February 1984	10.3 °C	973 mm	0	105
1983	29.2 °C15 August 1983	-10.5 °C12 February 1983	11.3 °C	1,046 mm	0	85
1982	29.6 °C24 July 1982	-11.7 °C13 January 1982	11.3 °C	766 mm	0	87
1981	29.6 °C31 July 1981	-12.8 °C26 February 1981	10.1 °C	824 mm	0	99
1980	27.3 °C2 August 1980	-12.7 °C17 January 1980	10.0 °C	802 mm	0	93
1979	28.9 °C16 August 1979	-11.0 °C1 February 1979	11.2 °C	1,154 mm	0	83
1978	30.4 °C31 July 1978	-11.7 °C1 February 1978	11.2 °C	1,016 mm	1	79
1977	28.6 °C29 July 1977	-13.8 °C31 January 1977	10.5 °C	765 mm	0	87
1976	27.3 °C25 July 1976	-14.2 °C26 December 1976	10.2 °C	1,006 mm	0	95
1975	29.5 °C17 August 1975	-8.3 °C18 January 1975	11.2 °C	866 mm	0	96
1974	27.8 °C17 August 1974	-11.7 °C23 January 1974	10.0 °C	851 mm	0	98
1973	30.2 °C18 July 1973	-11.6 °C23 December 1973	11.0 °C	986 mm	2	91
1972	28.5 °C20 July 1972	-9.4 °C8 February 1972	10.7 °C	1,350 mm	0	92
1971	27.3 °C31 July 1971	-11.6 °C11 February 1971	10.2 °C	1,204 mm	0	104
1970	29.2 °C12 August 1970	-14.9 °C4 January 1970	10.0 °C	993 mm	0	116
1969	27.4 °C11 August 1969	-13.0 °C22 February 1969	9.7 °C	1,156 mm	0	103
1968	28.8 °C28 July 1968	-12.8 °C21 February 1968	10.6 °C	899 mm	0	89
1967	28.7 °C9 August 1967	-14.3 °C14 January 1967	10.3 °C	883 mm	0	102
1966	29.0 °C6 August 1966	-13.5 °C19 January 1966	10.4 °C	1,475 mm	0	104
1965	27.1 °C26 June 1965	-14.7 °C17 January 1965	10.4 °C	963 mm	0	103
1964	30.3 °C2 August 1964	-11.8 °C13 February 1964	10.7 °C	1,631 mm	1	104
1963	29.4 °C9 August 1963	-15.5 °C22 January 1963	10.2 °C	1,295 mm	0	100
1962	28.3 °C25 July 1962	-10.8 °C13 February 1962	10.4 °C	1,594 mm	0	104
1961	30.8 °C3 August 1961	-16.4 °C12 January 1961	11.1 °C	942 mm	1	94
1960	28.6 °C20 August 1960	-13.6 °C25 January 1960	11.1 °C	1,183 mm	0	88
1959	30.9 °C4 August 1959	-13.9 °C4 January 1959	11.2 °C	1,289 mm	5	84
1958	28.1 °C19 July 1958	-13.7 °C15 January 1958	10.6 °C	747 mm	0	84
1957	27.9 °C10 August 1957	-12.5 °C13 January 1957	9.9 °C	1,028 mm	0	107
1956	31.0 °C2 August 1956	-11.6 °C26 December 1956	9.4 °C	1,212 mm	1	116
1955	29.2 °C21 August 1955	-11.2 °C10 January 1955	10.7 °C	918 mm	0	95
1954	27.8 °C16 August 1954	-9.7 °C2 February 1954	10.5 °C	1,416 mm	0	97
1953	28.3 °C17 August 1953	-12.4 °C14 January 1953	10.2 °C	856 mm	0	102
1952	28.9 °C22 July 1952	-11.8 °C26 January 1952	10.6 °C	833 mm	0	106
1951	29.6 °C22 August 1951	-13.3 °C13 January 1951	10.6 °C	808 mm	0	93
1950	29.5 °C14 August 1950	-13.4 °C6 January 1950	10.9 °C	888 mm	0	98
1949	28.7 °C30 July 1949	-14.3 °C29 December 1949	10.7 °C	919 mm	0	97
1948	28.2 °C24 August 1948	-13.2 °C25 January 1948	11.0 °C	806 mm	0	83
1947	27.4 °C14 August 1947	-13.3 °C1 February 1947	9.3 °C	1,221 mm	0	125
1946	29.4 °C24 July 1946	-10.2 °C3 February 1946	11.1 °C	773 mm	0	104
1945	28.7 °C13 August 1945	-13.3 °C28 January 1945	10.0 °C	1,005 mm	0	100
1944	28.9 °C7 August 1944	-10.2 °C8 February 1944	10.4 °C	816 mm	0	105
1943	28.4 °C21 August 1943	-12.8 °C12 January 1943	10.7 °C	813 mm	0	91
1942	29.1 °C8 August 1942	-12.7 °C12 February 1942	10.4 °C	440 mm	0	103
1941	28.2 °C8 August 1941	-16.0 °C25 January 1941	10.1 °C	513 mm	0	96
1940	27.7 °C1 August 1940	-12.7 °C9 January 1940	10.0 °C	957 mm	0	105

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

14.8 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

6 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

80 d/yr

-12

Annual rainfall

972 mm

+3 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	1.5 °C	+1.8 °C	17 mm	-4 mm
Feb	0.3 °C	-0.8 °C	10 mm	-9 mm
Mar	8.0 °C	+2.2 °C	29 mm	-1 mm
Apr	12.4 °C	+0.5 °C	71 mm	+15 mm
May	17.0 °C	-0.2 °C	81 mm	+8 mm
Jun	22.7 °C	+0.9 °C	144 mm	+51 mm
Jul	27.4 °C	+2.3 °C	80 mm	-159 mm
Aug	28.0 °C	+1.7 °C	174 mm	-23 mm
Sep	25.1 °C	+2.1 °C	192 mm	+86 mm
Oct	18.0 °C	+0.7 °C	121 mm	+70 mm
Nov	12.2 °C	+2.1 °C	25 mm	-27 mm
Dec	4.1 °C	+1.0 °C	28 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

30.9 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-11.7 °C

30 Jan 2025

Wettest day

92.2 mm

20 Jun 2025

Windiest day

41.0 km/h

25 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

71.3 km/h

9 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.3 °C

9 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-19.1 °C

9 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

3.4 cm

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

12 Jun 2025

What was the weather like that day?

The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.

Date

Climate at a glance

What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.

Kwail-ŭp (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 969 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Kwail-ŭp averages 92 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 96 rainy days per year.

Kwail-ŭp has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 103 to 81 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 31.9 °C (on 11 August 2019) and the coldest -16.4 °C (on 12 January 1961).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kwail-ŭp?

Kwail-ŭp 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 969 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kwail-ŭp?

The hottest day measured in Kwail-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2019, reaching 31.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kwail-ŭp?

The coldest day measured in Kwail-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1961, at -16.4 °C.

Does it snow in Kwail-ŭp?

Yes. Kwail-ŭp gets on average 32.9 cm of snow per year and has around 92 frost days.

Has the climate of Kwail-ŭp warmed?

Yes: Kwail-ŭp warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kwail-ŭp?

The wettest day measured in Kwail-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 1962, with 200 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kwail-ŭp?

The windiest day measured in Kwail-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1946, with winds reaching 66.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kwail-ŭp?

The warmest month in Kwail-ŭp is August (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Kwail-ŭp?

Kwail-ŭp receives on average 969 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 96 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kwail-ŭp?

Kwail-ŭp 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 Kwail-ŭp?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kwail-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1950, with 19.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Kwail-ŭp?

Yes: Kwail-ŭp has on average 53 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kwail-ŭp?

In Kwail-ŭp, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 24 July 1994, and the lowest was -24.3 °C on 24 January 2023.

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