Puryŏng-ŭp climate — normals and trends
Puryŏng-ŭp (North Korea) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 908 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 (20.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Puryŏng-ŭp averages 153 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Puryŏng-ŭp has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 161 to 145 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.1 °C (on 6 July 2025) and the coldest -27.4 °C (on 4 January 1970).
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
Puryŏng-ŭpNorth Hamgyong
- coords
- 42.06°, 129.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.7°C
Average daily high
9.8°C
Average daily low
1.9°C
Annual rainfall
908mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
13.3km/h
Seasonal range
31.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
153 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
95.3 cm
Average feels-like high
8.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.9 °C
Average peak gust
37.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
33.1 °C
6 July 2025
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
4 January 1970
Wettest day
187 mm
27 July 1949
Windiest day
44.5 km/h
1 December 2014
Strongest gust
126.7 km/h
3 September 2020
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
3 August 1988
Coldest feels-like
-34.4 °C
4 January 1970
Snowiest day
39.0 cm
7 January 2002
Sunniest day
14.9 h
3 July 2006
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 | -2.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 53 mm | +35 mm |
| Feb | -3.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 8 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 4.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 12 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 10.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 109 mm | +62 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 76 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 22.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 132 mm | +27 mm |
| Jul | 26.5 °C | +4.5 °C | 160 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 26.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 261 mm | +55 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 60 mm | -47 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 55 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 28 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | -2.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 25 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puryŏng-ŭp?
Puryŏng-ŭp has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 908 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puryŏng-ŭp?
The hottest day measured in Puryŏng-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2025, reaching 33.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puryŏng-ŭp?
The coldest day measured in Puryŏng-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1970, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Puryŏng-ŭp?
Yes. Puryŏng-ŭp gets on average 95.3 cm of snow per year and has around 153 frost days.
Has the climate of Puryŏng-ŭp warmed?
Yes: Puryŏng-ŭp warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puryŏng-ŭp?
The wettest day measured in Puryŏng-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1949, with 187 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puryŏng-ŭp?
The windiest day measured in Puryŏng-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2014, with winds reaching 44.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puryŏng-ŭp?
The warmest month in Puryŏng-ŭp is August (20.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Puryŏng-ŭp?
Puryŏng-ŭp receives on average 908 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puryŏng-ŭp?
Puryŏng-ŭp 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 Puryŏng-ŭp?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Puryŏng-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2002, with 39.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Puryŏng-ŭp?
Yes: Puryŏng-ŭp has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puryŏng-ŭp?
In Puryŏng-ŭp, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 3 August 1988, and the lowest was -34.4 °C on 4 January 1970.
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