Pyongsong climate — normals and trends
Pyongsong (North Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 1,190 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Pyongsong averages 126 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Pyongsong 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 136 to 116 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 2 August 2018) and the coldest -30.6 °C (on 7 January 1950).
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
PyongsongSouth Pyongan
- coords
- 39.25°, 125.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,190mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
31.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
126 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
33.3 cm
Average feels-like high
13.9 °C
Average feels-like low
3.8 °C
Average peak gust
32.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
49 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
36.9 °C
2 August 2018
Coldest day
-30.6 °C
7 January 1950
Wettest day
208 mm
7 September 1962
Windiest day
49.3 km/h
27 August 2020
Strongest gust
125.6 km/h
27 August 2020
Hottest feels-like
46.9 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-35.6 °C
7 January 1950
Snowiest day
26.8 cm
3 March 1989
Sunniest day
14.3 h
10 June 1955
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 15 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 1.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 7 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 16 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 17.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 94 mm | +25 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 129 mm | +38 mm |
| Jun | 27.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 267 mm | +142 mm |
| Jul | 30.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 202 mm | -120 mm |
| Aug | 30.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 339 mm | +83 mm |
| Sep | 26.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 193 mm | +75 mm |
| Oct | 18.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 138 mm | +81 mm |
| Nov | 11.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 23 mm | -31 mm |
| Dec | 2.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 28 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pyongsong?
Pyongsong has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 1,190 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pyongsong?
The hottest day measured in Pyongsong between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2018, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pyongsong?
The coldest day measured in Pyongsong between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1950, at -30.6 °C.
Does it snow in Pyongsong?
Yes. Pyongsong gets on average 33.3 cm of snow per year and has around 126 frost days.
Has the climate of Pyongsong warmed?
Yes: Pyongsong warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pyongsong?
The wettest day measured in Pyongsong between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 1962, with 208 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pyongsong?
The windiest day measured in Pyongsong between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 2020, with winds reaching 49.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pyongsong?
The warmest month in Pyongsong is August (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Pyongsong?
Pyongsong receives on average 1,190 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pyongsong?
Pyongsong gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pyongsong?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pyongsong between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1989, with 26.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pyongsong?
Yes: Pyongsong has on average 49 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pyongsong?
In Pyongsong, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.9 °C on 1 August 2018, and the lowest was -35.6 °C on 7 January 1950.
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