Namyang Workers' District climate — normals and trends
Namyang Workers' District (North Korea) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 643 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 (-14.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Namyang Workers' District averages 174 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 90 rainy days per year.
Namyang Workers' District has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 181 to 167 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 16 July 1958) and the coldest -38.9 °C (on 6 January 1951).
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
Namyang Workers' DistrictNorth Hamgyong
- coords
- 42.95°, 129.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.9°C
Average daily high
10.8°C
Average daily low
-0.3°C
Annual rainfall
643mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
35.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
174 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
90 d/yr
Annual snowfall
56.4 cm
Average feels-like high
8.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.9 °C
Average peak gust
37.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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
36.4 °C
16 July 1958
Coldest day
-38.9 °C
6 January 1951
Wettest day
108 mm
28 July 2010
Windiest day
40.1 km/h
22 August 1997
Strongest gust
114.5 km/h
3 September 2020
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
24 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-44.2 °C
6 January 1951
Snowiest day
38.6 cm
9 November 1968
Sunniest day
15.0 h
19 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 | -3.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 14 mm | +6 mm |
| Feb | -2.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 6.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 12 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 13.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 65 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 74 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 26.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 93 mm | +12 mm |
| Jul | 30.1 °C | +4.8 °C | 77 mm | -49 mm |
| Aug | 27.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 190 mm | +57 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 55 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 39 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 5.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 19 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | -4.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 7 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Namyang Workers' District?
Namyang Workers' District has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 643 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Namyang Workers' District?
The hottest day measured in Namyang Workers' District between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1958, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Namyang Workers' District?
The coldest day measured in Namyang Workers' District between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1951, at -38.9 °C.
Does it snow in Namyang Workers' District?
Yes. Namyang Workers' District gets on average 56.4 cm of snow per year and has around 174 frost days.
Has the climate of Namyang Workers' District warmed?
Yes: Namyang Workers' District warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Namyang Workers' District?
The wettest day measured in Namyang Workers' District between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2010, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Namyang Workers' District?
The windiest day measured in Namyang Workers' District between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1997, with winds reaching 40.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Namyang Workers' District?
The warmest month in Namyang Workers' District is August (20.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Namyang Workers' District?
Namyang Workers' District receives on average 643 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 90 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Namyang Workers' District?
Namyang Workers' District 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 Namyang Workers' District?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Namyang Workers' District between 1940 and 2025 was 9 November 1968, with 38.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Namyang Workers' District?
Yes: Namyang Workers' District has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Namyang Workers' District?
In Namyang Workers' District, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 24 July 2021, and the lowest was -44.2 °C on 6 January 1951.
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