Myŏngch’ŏn climate — normals and trends
Myŏngch’ŏn (North Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 833 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 (22.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Myŏngch’ŏn averages 141 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 115 rainy days per year.
Myŏngch’ŏn has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 153 to 129 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 4 August 2018) and the coldest -27.4 °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
Myŏngch’ŏnNorth Hamgyong
- coords
- 41.07°, 129.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
3.6°C
Annual rainfall
833mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
30.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
141 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
115 d/yr
Annual snowfall
125.7 cm
Average feels-like high
10.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
19 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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
35.5 °C
4 August 2018
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
19 January 1966
Wettest day
193 mm
21 August 1957
Windiest day
38.3 km/h
14 September 1954
Strongest gust
115.6 km/h
20 September 1991
Hottest feels-like
41.9 °C
4 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-32.1 °C
19 January 1966
Snowiest day
32.5 cm
15 March 1965
Sunniest day
14.9 h
2 July 1944
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 | -0.2 °C | +3.6 °C | 75 mm | +40 mm |
| Feb | -1.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 32 mm | -0 mm |
| Mar | 5.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 24 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 12.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 91 mm | +46 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 41 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 151 mm | +83 mm |
| Jul | 28.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 160 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 27.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 118 mm | -53 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 77 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 15.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 87 mm | +30 mm |
| Nov | 9.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 18 mm | -38 mm |
| Dec | 0.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 59 mm | +8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Myŏngch’ŏn?
Myŏngch’ŏn has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 833 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Myŏngch’ŏn?
The hottest day measured in Myŏngch’ŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2018, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Myŏngch’ŏn?
The coldest day measured in Myŏngch’ŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1966, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Myŏngch’ŏn?
Yes. Myŏngch’ŏn gets on average 125.7 cm of snow per year and has around 141 frost days.
Has the climate of Myŏngch’ŏn warmed?
Yes: Myŏngch’ŏn warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Myŏngch’ŏn?
The wettest day measured in Myŏngch’ŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 1957, with 193 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Myŏngch’ŏn?
The windiest day measured in Myŏngch’ŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1954, with winds reaching 38.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Myŏngch’ŏn?
The warmest month in Myŏngch’ŏn is August (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Myŏngch’ŏn?
Myŏngch’ŏn receives on average 833 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 115 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Myŏngch’ŏn?
Myŏngch’ŏn gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Myŏngch’ŏn?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Myŏngch’ŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1965, with 32.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Myŏngch’ŏn?
Yes: Myŏngch’ŏn has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Myŏngch’ŏn?
In Myŏngch’ŏn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 4 August 2018, and the lowest was -32.1 °C on 19 January 1966.
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