Ŏrang climate — normals and trends
Ŏrang (North Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 936 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 (-6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Ŏrang averages 124 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Ŏrang has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 136 to 112 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.4 °C (on 31 July 2018) and the coldest -22.4 °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
ŎrangNorth Hamgyong
- coords
- 41.45°, 129.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
10.8°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
936mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
16.0km/h
Seasonal range
28.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
124 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
130.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.1 °C
Average peak gust
29.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
27 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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
31.4 °C
31 July 2018
Coldest day
-22.4 °C
19 January 1966
Wettest day
180 mm
21 August 1957
Windiest day
50.1 km/h
3 September 2020
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
3 September 2020
Hottest feels-like
37.8 °C
11 August 1984
Coldest feels-like
-27.8 °C
24 January 2018
Snowiest day
31.6 cm
14 January 1948
Sunniest day
14.9 h
27 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 89 mm | +49 mm |
| Feb | -1.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 27 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 4.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 14 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 9.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 87 mm | +42 mm |
| May | 15.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 55 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 22.2 °C | +4.0 °C | 129 mm | +44 mm |
| Jul | 27.0 °C | +4.8 °C | 194 mm | +43 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 187 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 64 mm | -41 mm |
| Oct | 14.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 85 mm | +25 mm |
| Nov | 9.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 25 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 1.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 55 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ŏrang?
Ŏrang has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 936 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ŏrang?
The hottest day measured in Ŏrang between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2018, reaching 31.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ŏrang?
The coldest day measured in Ŏrang between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1966, at -22.4 °C.
Does it snow in Ŏrang?
Yes. Ŏrang gets on average 130.5 cm of snow per year and has around 124 frost days.
Has the climate of Ŏrang warmed?
Yes: Ŏrang warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ŏrang?
The wettest day measured in Ŏrang between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 1957, with 180 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ŏrang?
The windiest day measured in Ŏrang between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 2020, with winds reaching 50.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ŏrang?
The warmest month in Ŏrang is August (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Ŏrang?
Ŏrang receives on average 936 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ŏrang?
Ŏrang 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 Ŏrang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ŏrang between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1948, with 31.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ŏrang?
Yes: Ŏrang has on average 27 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ŏrang?
In Ŏrang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 11 August 1984, and the lowest was -27.8 °C on 24 January 2018.
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