Songwŏn-ŭp climate — normals and trends
Songwŏn-ŭp (North Korea) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 1,313 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 July (21.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Songwŏn-ŭp averages 154 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Songwŏn-ŭp has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 166 to 142 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 1 August 2018) and the coldest -35.2 °C (on 25 January 1941).
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
Songwŏn-ŭpChagang
- coords
- 40.37°, 126.31°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.8°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
1.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,313mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
33.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
154 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
91.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
16 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °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
35.6 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest day
-35.2 °C
25 January 1941
Wettest day
186 mm
22 August 1990
Windiest day
34.3 km/h
27 August 2020
Strongest gust
124.2 km/h
30 July 1964
Hottest feels-like
42.5 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-40.3 °C
25 January 1941
Snowiest day
25.0 cm
24 November 1963
Sunniest day
14.6 h
10 June 1955
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 | -1.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 23 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | -1.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 10 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 8.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 25 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 111 mm | +30 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 127 mm | +24 mm |
| Jun | 25.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 217 mm | +71 mm |
| Jul | 28.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 280 mm | -55 mm |
| Aug | 27.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 343 mm | +74 mm |
| Sep | 24.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 148 mm | +32 mm |
| Oct | 15.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 156 mm | +90 mm |
| Nov | 7.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 49 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | -1.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 39 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Songwŏn-ŭp?
Songwŏn-ŭp has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 1,313 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Songwŏn-ŭp?
The hottest day measured in Songwŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2018, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Songwŏn-ŭp?
The coldest day measured in Songwŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1941, at -35.2 °C.
Does it snow in Songwŏn-ŭp?
Yes. Songwŏn-ŭp gets on average 91.5 cm of snow per year and has around 154 frost days.
Has the climate of Songwŏn-ŭp warmed?
Yes: Songwŏn-ŭp warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Songwŏn-ŭp?
The wettest day measured in Songwŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1990, with 186 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Songwŏn-ŭp?
The windiest day measured in Songwŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 2020, with winds reaching 34.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Songwŏn-ŭp?
The warmest month in Songwŏn-ŭp is July (21.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Songwŏn-ŭp?
Songwŏn-ŭp receives on average 1,313 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Songwŏn-ŭp?
Songwŏn-ŭp gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Songwŏn-ŭp?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Songwŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1963, with 25.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Songwŏn-ŭp?
Yes: Songwŏn-ŭp has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Songwŏn-ŭp?
In Songwŏn-ŭp, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.5 °C on 1 August 2018, and the lowest was -40.3 °C on 25 January 1941.
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