Kyŏngsŏng climate — normals and trends
Kyŏngsŏng (North Korea) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 1,082 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 (20.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kyŏngsŏng averages 153 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Kyŏngsŏng has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 163 to 143 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 5 June 1980) and the coldest -28.7 °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
KyŏngsŏngNorth Hamgyong
- coords
- 41.59°, 129.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.3°C
Average daily high
10.6°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,082mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
10.6km/h
Seasonal range
31.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
153 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
164.2 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.2 °C
Average peak gust
29.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
11 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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
35.8 °C
5 June 1980
Coldest day
-28.7 °C
19 January 1966
Wettest day
187 mm
11 August 2021
Windiest day
39.5 km/h
1 December 2014
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
3 September 2020
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
17 June 1962
Coldest feels-like
-34.2 °C
19 January 1966
Snowiest day
30.6 cm
14 January 1948
Sunniest day
14.9 h
30 June 1953
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 | -2.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 104 mm | +61 mm |
| Feb | -2.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 28 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 4.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 20 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 11.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 108 mm | +57 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 67 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 156 mm | +49 mm |
| Jul | 27.6 °C | +4.3 °C | 199 mm | +23 mm |
| Aug | 26.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 255 mm | +30 mm |
| Sep | 23.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 74 mm | -45 mm |
| Oct | 13.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 101 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 7.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 30 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | -1.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 63 mm | -8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kyŏngsŏng?
Kyŏngsŏng has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 1,082 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kyŏngsŏng?
The hottest day measured in Kyŏngsŏng between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1980, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kyŏngsŏng?
The coldest day measured in Kyŏngsŏng between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1966, at -28.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kyŏngsŏng?
Yes. Kyŏngsŏng gets on average 164.2 cm of snow per year and has around 153 frost days.
Has the climate of Kyŏngsŏng warmed?
Yes: Kyŏngsŏng warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kyŏngsŏng?
The wettest day measured in Kyŏngsŏng between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2021, with 187 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kyŏngsŏng?
The windiest day measured in Kyŏngsŏng between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2014, with winds reaching 39.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kyŏngsŏng?
The warmest month in Kyŏngsŏng is August (20.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Kyŏngsŏng?
Kyŏngsŏng receives on average 1,082 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kyŏngsŏng?
Kyŏngsŏng 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 Kyŏngsŏng?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kyŏngsŏng between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1948, with 30.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kyŏngsŏng?
Yes: Kyŏngsŏng has on average 11 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kyŏngsŏng?
In Kyŏngsŏng, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 17 June 1962, and the lowest was -34.2 °C on 19 January 1966.
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