Andong climate — normals and trends
Andong (South Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 989 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Andong averages 103 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.
Andong 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 118 to 88 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 29 July 1977) and the coldest -26.4 °C (on 16 January 1967).
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
AndongGyeongsangbuk-do
- coords
- 36.57°, 128.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.1°C
Average daily high
17.1°C
Average daily low
7.6°C
Annual rainfall
989mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
27.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
31 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
88 d/yr
Annual snowfall
17.0 cm
Average feels-like high
15.6 °C
Average feels-like low
6.0 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
53 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 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
38.3 °C
29 July 1977
Coldest day
-26.4 °C
16 January 1967
Wettest day
156 mm
5 July 2013
Windiest day
47.3 km/h
31 March 1972
Strongest gust
144.7 km/h
16 July 1987
Hottest feels-like
42.6 °C
14 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-31.9 °C
16 January 1967
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
8 March 2018
Sunniest day
14.1 h
2 July 1944
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 | 4.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 8 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 4.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 8 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 13.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 55 mm | 0 mm |
| Apr | 20.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 61 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 22.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 91 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 28.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 222 mm | +104 mm |
| Jul | 31.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 145 mm | -62 mm |
| Aug | 32.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 64 mm | -99 mm |
| Sep | 26.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 153 mm | +25 mm |
| Oct | 19.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 170 mm | +121 mm |
| Nov | 14.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 7 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 19 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Andong?
Andong has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 989 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Andong?
The hottest day measured in Andong between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1977, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Andong?
The coldest day measured in Andong between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1967, at -26.4 °C.
Does it snow in Andong?
Yes. Andong gets on average 17.0 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Andong warmed?
Yes: Andong warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Andong?
The wettest day measured in Andong between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2013, with 156 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Andong?
The windiest day measured in Andong between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1972, with winds reaching 47.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Andong?
The warmest month in Andong is August (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Andong?
Andong receives on average 989 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Andong?
Andong 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 Andong?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Andong between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 2018, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Andong?
Yes: Andong has on average 53 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Andong?
In Andong, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 14 August 1952, and the lowest was -31.9 °C on 16 January 1967.
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