T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 1,235 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

The hottest day measured in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2024, reaching 31.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

The coldest day measured in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1959, at -16.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

Yes. T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp gets on average 74.2 cm of snow per year and has around 69 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp warmed?

Yes: T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

The wettest day measured in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1984, with 177 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

The windiest day measured in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 2020, with winds reaching 77.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

The warmest month in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp is August (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp receives on average 1,235 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp (North Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 1,235 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 (23.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp averages 69 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.

T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 95 to 43 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 31.8 °C (on 1 August 2024) and the coldest -16.2 °C (on 5 January 1959).

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

T’ongch’ŏn-ŭpKangwŏn-do

coords: 38.95°, 127.89°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

11.0°C

Average daily high

12.8°C

Average daily low

9.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,235mm

Sunshine / day

8.9h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

24.4km/h

Seasonal range

25.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

69 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

104 d/yr

Annual snowfall

74.2 cm

Average feels-like high

11.1 °C

Average feels-like low

6.2 °C

Average peak gust

35.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

59 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

31.8 °C

1 August 2024

Coldest day

-16.2 °C

5 January 1959

Wettest day

177 mm

1 September 1984

Windiest day

77.8 km/h

7 September 2020

Strongest gust

122.0 km/h

10 October 2001

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

4 August 2018

Coldest feels-like

-25.9 °C

16 January 1958

Snowiest day

39.6 cm

31 January 1979

Sunniest day

14.7 h

28 June 1951

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	30.7 °C22 August 2025	-9.2 °C9 January 2025	12.8 °C	1,233 mm	2	49
2024	31.8 °C1 August 2024	-11.6 °C23 January 2024	13.1 °C	1,183 mm	1	43
2023	30.4 °C4 August 2023	-13.7 °C24 January 2023	12.4 °C	1,267 mm	1	55
2022	30.6 °C5 August 2022	-9.7 °C23 December 2022	12.0 °C	1,383 mm	1	60
2021	29.0 °C5 August 2021	-14.4 °C8 January 2021	12.3 °C	1,196 mm	0	50
2020	29.5 °C18 August 2020	-7.4 °C31 December 2020	12.8 °C	2,002 mm	0	22
2019	30.1 °C1 August 2019	-5.2 °C8 February 2019	13.1 °C	822 mm	2	30
2018	31.6 °C4 August 2018	-13.9 °C24 January 2018	11.7 °C	1,265 mm	3	56
2017	29.5 °C14 July 2017	-8.0 °C23 January 2017	12.5 °C	918 mm	0	53
2016	30.1 °C13 August 2016	-12.4 °C24 January 2016	12.0 °C	1,174 mm	1	53
2015	29.3 °C27 July 2015	-8.4 °C8 February 2015	11.8 °C	987 mm	0	48
2014	28.8 °C21 July 2014	-8.8 °C17 December 2014	12.0 °C	599 mm	0	62
2013	30.5 °C13 August 2013	-12.5 °C8 February 2013	11.6 °C	1,046 mm	5	66
2012	28.9 °C29 July 2012	-12.9 °C2 February 2012	11.1 °C	1,278 mm	0	74
2011	28.1 °C16 August 2011	-10.4 °C16 January 2011	11.0 °C	1,324 mm	0	67
2010	30.0 °C22 August 2010	-10.2 °C13 January 2010	11.1 °C	1,303 mm	1	73
2009	28.0 °C14 August 2009	-8.3 °C31 December 2009	11.4 °C	1,335 mm	0	44
2008	27.1 °C17 July 2008	-9.2 °C6 December 2008	12.1 °C	1,337 mm	0	51
2007	28.7 °C15 August 2007	-5.9 °C30 December 2007	12.3 °C	1,221 mm	0	24
2006	29.0 °C4 August 2006	-12.0 °C3 February 2006	11.3 °C	1,117 mm	0	46
2005	30.2 °C20 July 2005	-9.9 °C1 February 2005	11.1 °C	1,004 mm	1	79
2004	28.8 °C23 July 2004	-13.8 °C22 January 2004	12.0 °C	1,256 mm	0	39
2003	27.0 °C22 August 2003	-12.3 °C29 January 2003	11.2 °C	1,497 mm	0	52
2002	29.5 °C30 July 2002	-9.8 °C2 January 2002	11.2 °C	1,479 mm	0	51
2001	28.1 °C23 July 2001	-13.6 °C15 January 2001	11.7 °C	985 mm	0	71
2000	29.4 °C14 July 2000	-10.5 °C7 January 2000	11.3 °C	1,185 mm	0	71
1999	28.8 °C30 July 1999	-9.5 °C8 January 1999	12.0 °C	1,281 mm	0	48
1998	28.5 °C10 September 1998	-11.9 °C19 January 1998	12.2 °C	1,541 mm	0	42
1997	29.9 °C2 August 1997	-10.4 °C21 January 1997	11.7 °C	1,041 mm	0	61
1996	29.0 °C3 August 1996	-11.2 °C2 February 1996	10.5 °C	930 mm	0	68
1995	28.5 °C14 August 1995	-7.8 °C30 January 1995	11.2 °C	851 mm	0	52
1994	30.9 °C7 August 1994	-9.1 °C19 January 1994	12.0 °C	880 mm	3	61
1993	25.1 °C31 July 1993	-7.3 °C17 December 1993	10.5 °C	1,156 mm	0	54
1992	28.9 °C29 July 1992	-6.8 °C23 December 1992	11.4 °C	1,051 mm	0	54
1991	27.1 °C23 July 1991	-12.6 °C23 February 1991	11.0 °C	1,065 mm	0	57
1990	29.5 °C1 August 1990	-12.9 °C24 January 1990	11.7 °C	1,986 mm	0	52
1989	27.7 °C23 July 1989	-7.8 °C27 January 1989	11.9 °C	1,685 mm	0	28
1988	28.4 °C3 August 1988	-10.3 °C3 February 1988	11.3 °C	1,091 mm	0	63
1987	26.9 °C18 July 1987	-8.9 °C14 January 1987	10.9 °C	1,480 mm	0	69
1986	27.9 °C28 July 1986	-13.4 °C5 January 1986	9.9 °C	1,469 mm	0	70
1985	28.6 °C29 July 1985	-11.7 °C14 January 1985	10.9 °C	1,104 mm	0	74
1984	29.6 °C6 August 1984	-11.8 °C7 February 1984	10.4 °C	1,547 mm	0	84
1983	29.7 °C5 August 1983	-10.6 °C10 January 1983	11.0 °C	1,099 mm	0	65
1982	28.6 °C10 August 1982	-11.1 °C29 January 1982	10.9 °C	1,214 mm	0	71
1981	28.3 °C20 July 1981	-14.6 °C26 February 1981	10.4 °C	1,463 mm	0	74
1980	27.4 °C24 July 1980	-14.4 °C17 January 1980	10.2 °C	1,188 mm	0	71
1979	28.4 °C11 August 1979	-9.3 °C2 February 1979	11.8 °C	1,558 mm	0	41
1978	29.9 °C25 July 1978	-14.6 °C1 February 1978	11.8 °C	1,567 mm	0	63
1977	29.6 °C29 July 1977	-13.6 °C16 February 1977	11.2 °C	1,143 mm	0	63
1976	28.6 °C26 July 1976	-13.2 °C26 December 1976	11.0 °C	1,425 mm	0	53
1975	29.3 °C4 August 1975	-8.9 °C11 January 1975	11.9 °C	1,461 mm	0	66
1974	27.6 °C4 August 1974	-10.7 °C26 February 1974	10.3 °C	1,118 mm	0	65
1973	29.9 °C12 August 1973	-10.9 °C23 December 1973	11.3 °C	1,271 mm	0	62
1972	27.9 °C16 August 1972	-8.4 °C13 December 1972	11.3 °C	1,488 mm	0	51
1971	29.0 °C1 August 1971	-10.4 °C5 January 1971	10.3 °C	1,455 mm	0	97
1970	27.5 °C25 July 1970	-14.1 °C5 January 1970	9.9 °C	1,573 mm	0	102
1969	27.9 °C12 August 1969	-12.6 °C2 January 1969	9.6 °C	1,152 mm	0	100
1968	27.9 °C20 July 1968	-13.3 °C15 January 1968	10.3 °C	1,205 mm	0	82
1967	30.9 °C9 August 1967	-14.8 °C15 January 1967	10.5 °C	1,298 mm	1	90
1966	29.3 °C10 August 1966	-12.8 °C20 January 1966	10.2 °C	1,610 mm	0	92
1965	28.6 °C27 August 1965	-16.1 °C12 January 1965	10.4 °C	912 mm	0	95
1964	29.2 °C15 August 1964	-12.3 °C12 February 1964	10.7 °C	1,834 mm	0	90
1963	27.7 °C1 August 1963	-14.7 °C24 January 1963	9.9 °C	1,296 mm	0	93
1962	27.7 °C3 August 1962	-9.4 °C31 December 1962	10.3 °C	1,498 mm	0	92
1961	28.6 °C13 August 1961	-12.5 °C12 January 1961	11.4 °C	1,172 mm	0	90
1960	28.7 °C8 August 1960	-13.1 °C24 January 1960	10.6 °C	1,367 mm	0	74
1959	28.3 °C30 July 1959	-16.2 °C5 January 1959	10.8 °C	1,647 mm	0	73
1958	28.1 °C10 August 1958	-15.0 °C16 January 1958	10.5 °C	1,359 mm	0	73
1957	26.8 °C23 August 1957	-14.4 °C10 February 1957	9.7 °C	1,374 mm	0	94
1956	28.9 °C30 July 1956	-11.4 °C17 February 1956	9.2 °C	1,209 mm	0	109
1955	29.8 °C24 July 1955	-11.5 °C16 January 1955	10.5 °C	1,054 mm	0	82
1954	26.6 °C7 August 1954	-9.7 °C25 January 1954	9.8 °C	1,751 mm	0	86
1953	29.0 °C17 August 1953	-12.9 °C15 January 1953	10.2 °C	1,108 mm	0	85
1952	28.0 °C25 July 1952	-11.8 °C5 February 1952	10.3 °C	1,123 mm	0	97
1951	28.2 °C7 August 1951	-14.3 °C13 January 1951	10.5 °C	970 mm	0	87
1950	28.8 °C21 August 1950	-12.6 °C6 January 1950	10.9 °C	901 mm	0	87
1949	28.5 °C5 August 1949	-11.5 °C5 January 1949	10.6 °C	1,007 mm	0	74
1948	27.2 °C2 September 1948	-10.4 °C28 January 1948	11.1 °C	1,176 mm	0	72
1947	28.1 °C14 August 1947	-11.7 °C17 February 1947	9.0 °C	1,308 mm	0	108
1946	28.3 °C18 July 1946	-10.4 °C9 December 1946	10.9 °C	706 mm	0	95
1945	29.0 °C10 August 1945	-12.4 °C17 January 1945	10.1 °C	1,274 mm	0	94
1944	29.5 °C18 August 1944	-9.3 °C15 February 1944	10.2 °C	1,056 mm	0	105
1943	28.4 °C12 August 1943	-15.7 °C12 January 1943	10.0 °C	902 mm	0	89
1942	28.3 °C11 July 1942	-12.0 °C12 February 1942	10.1 °C	503 mm	0	84
1941	26.6 °C6 August 1941	-16.1 °C31 January 1941	9.5 °C	867 mm	0	85
1940	27.0 °C28 July 1940	-14.9 °C9 January 1940	9.6 °C	1,035 mm	0	93

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

14.6 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

2 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

49 d/yr

-20

Annual rainfall

1233 mm

-2 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	2.4 °C	+1.8 °C	10 mm	-30 mm
Feb	2.5 °C	+0.8 °C	4 mm	-37 mm
Mar	7.1 °C	+2.0 °C	66 mm	+13 mm
Apr	11.5 °C	+0.9 °C	62 mm	-10 mm
May	15.8 °C	-0.1 °C	96 mm	+5 mm
Jun	22.3 °C	+2.9 °C	128 mm	+14 mm
Jul	26.8 °C	+3.5 °C	102 mm	-135 mm
Aug	27.8 °C	+3.2 °C	50 mm	-180 mm
Sep	23.7 °C	+2.5 °C	264 mm	+97 mm
Oct	16.9 °C	+0.4 °C	357 mm	+281 mm
Nov	12.2 °C	+1.8 °C	37 mm	-36 mm
Dec	5.7 °C	+1.8 °C	58 mm	+15 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

30.7 °C

22 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-9.2 °C

9 Jan 2025

Wettest day

67.7 mm

10 Oct 2025

Windiest day

52.0 km/h

15 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

70.9 km/h

28 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.9 °C

22 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-18.7 °C

9 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

11.6 cm

16 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

14.2 h

23 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 1,235 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

The hottest day measured in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2024, reaching 31.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

The coldest day measured in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1959, at -16.2 °C.

Does it snow in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

Yes. T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp gets on average 74.2 cm of snow per year and has around 69 frost days.

Has the climate of T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp warmed?

Yes: T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

The wettest day measured in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1984, with 177 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

The windiest day measured in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 2020, with winds reaching 77.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

The warmest month in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp is August (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).

How much does it rain in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp receives on average 1,235 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.

Is it sunny in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1979, with 39.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

Yes: T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp has on average 59 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp?

In T’ongch’ŏn-ŭp, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 4 August 2018, and the lowest was -25.9 °C on 16 January 1958.

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