Changnyeong climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Changnyeong?

Changnyeong has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.1 °C and it receives 1,086 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Changnyeong?

The hottest day measured in Changnyeong between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2004, reaching 39.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Changnyeong?

The coldest day measured in Changnyeong between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, at -20.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Changnyeong?

Yes. Changnyeong gets on average 9.1 cm of snow per year and has around 101 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Changnyeong warmed?

Yes: Changnyeong warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Changnyeong?

The wettest day measured in Changnyeong between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1944, with 211 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Changnyeong?

The windiest day measured in Changnyeong between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 1987, with winds reaching 55.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Changnyeong?

The warmest month in Changnyeong is August (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Changnyeong?

Changnyeong receives on average 1,086 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 90 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Changnyeong?

Changnyeong gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Changnyeong (South Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.1 °C and it receives 1,086 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 (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Changnyeong averages 101 frost days, 44 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 90 rainy days per year.

Changnyeong 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 118 to 84 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 31 July 2004) and the coldest -20.9 °C (on 6 February 1969).

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

ChangnyeongGyeongsangnam-do

coords: 35.54°, 128.50°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DwaHot-summer humid continental, dry winterWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

13.1°C

Average daily high

18.8°C

Average daily low

8.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,086mm

Sunshine / day

8.6h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

12.6km/h

Seasonal range

26.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

101 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

44 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

90 d/yr

Annual snowfall

9.1 cm

Average feels-like high

17.9 °C

Average feels-like low

7.0 °C

Average peak gust

34.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

60 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.9 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

39.8 °C

31 July 2004

Coldest day

-20.9 °C

6 February 1969

Wettest day

211 mm

26 September 1944

Windiest day

55.6 km/h

31 August 1987

Strongest gust

162.0 km/h

16 July 1987

Hottest feels-like

44.4 °C

7 July 2025

Coldest feels-like

-26.7 °C

6 February 1969

Snowiest day

17.9 cm

9 December 1952

Sunniest day

14.0 h

23 June 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.5 °C7 July 2025	-12.2 °C10 January 2025	14.8 °C	1,056 mm	81	97
2024	36.6 °C2 August 2024	-8.8 °C25 January 2024	15.4 °C	1,352 mm	81	75
2023	35.6 °C5 August 2023	-14.1 °C25 January 2023	14.8 °C	1,474 mm	50	85
2022	36.2 °C6 August 2022	-9.7 °C18 February 2022	14.5 °C	795 mm	71	91
2021	36.4 °C6 August 2021	-12.5 °C8 January 2021	14.6 °C	1,002 mm	47	71
2020	36.3 °C4 June 2020	-9.3 °C31 December 2020	14.2 °C	1,374 mm	50	78
2019	35.3 °C13 August 2019	-7.6 °C27 January 2019	14.5 °C	1,267 mm	51	83
2018	36.9 °C20 July 2018	-12.8 °C27 January 2018	14.1 °C	1,290 mm	60	90
2017	37.6 °C6 August 2017	-9.3 °C14 December 2017	14.4 °C	675 mm	66	102
2016	37.3 °C14 August 2016	-12.0 °C25 January 2016	14.4 °C	1,358 mm	54	83
2015	36.8 °C5 August 2015	-8.6 °C9 February 2015	14.5 °C	1,036 mm	44	76
2014	35.5 °C29 May 2014	-8.4 °C10 January 2014	14.3 °C	986 mm	45	88
2013	39.3 °C8 August 2013	-10.4 °C8 February 2013	14.6 °C	777 mm	80	97
2012	36.8 °C5 August 2012	-11.5 °C3 February 2012	13.5 °C	1,238 mm	54	98
2011	33.9 °C1 September 2011	-12.9 °C16 January 2011	13.7 °C	1,034 mm	51	101
2010	35.0 °C21 August 2010	-8.9 °C14 January 2010	13.8 °C	1,031 mm	68	96
2009	33.3 °C28 August 2009	-10.1 °C24 January 2009	14.2 °C	1,024 mm	40	86
2008	35.7 °C8 July 2008	-7.7 °C13 February 2008	14.2 °C	664 mm	68	92
2007	36.3 °C27 July 2007	-7.2 °C19 January 2007	14.5 °C	956 mm	51	88
2006	36.0 °C10 August 2006	-10.4 °C4 February 2006	14.1 °C	1,037 mm	48	85
2005	37.0 °C22 July 2005	-10.7 °C18 December 2005	13.7 °C	762 mm	64	104
2004	39.8 °C31 July 2004	-12.5 °C22 January 2004	14.7 °C	1,043 mm	57	87
2003	33.8 °C22 August 2003	-10.8 °C5 January 2003	13.5 °C	1,642 mm	21	91
2002	35.6 °C3 August 2002	-7.7 °C3 January 2002	13.9 °C	1,255 mm	43	82
2001	35.3 °C23 July 2001	-14.2 °C15 January 2001	14.0 °C	951 mm	70	101
2000	36.8 °C25 May 2000	-8.2 °C28 January 2000	13.7 °C	961 mm	62	97
1999	34.6 °C14 June 1999	-9.6 °C4 February 1999	13.8 °C	1,657 mm	35	95
1998	33.8 °C9 July 1998	-9.7 °C25 January 1998	14.4 °C	1,422 mm	38	86
1997	35.4 °C23 July 1997	-11.3 °C22 January 1997	13.9 °C	1,044 mm	64	89
1996	36.2 °C2 August 1996	-11.2 °C2 February 1996	13.3 °C	1,065 mm	55	107
1995	38.1 °C14 August 1995	-9.1 °C27 December 1995	13.2 °C	773 mm	54	101
1994	39.4 °C20 July 1994	-16.3 °C13 February 1994	14.5 °C	535 mm	82	99
1993	32.1 °C19 June 1993	-12.0 °C21 January 1993	12.9 °C	1,406 mm	11	106
1992	36.3 °C28 July 1992	-8.4 °C25 December 1992	13.6 °C	891 mm	45	89
1991	33.7 °C26 July 1991	-11.2 °C23 February 1991	13.3 °C	1,406 mm	29	92
1990	36.1 °C6 August 1990	-12.5 °C26 January 1990	14.2 °C	1,018 mm	60	70
1989	33.1 °C9 August 1989	-9.1 °C29 January 1989	13.8 °C	1,327 mm	31	71
1988	35.8 °C10 July 1988	-10.7 °C4 February 1988	13.0 °C	713 mm	39	106
1987	33.9 °C5 June 1987	-12.0 °C14 January 1987	13.0 °C	1,425 mm	13	104
1986	33.4 °C2 August 1986	-13.1 °C24 February 1986	12.3 °C	1,162 mm	25	106
1985	34.5 °C30 July 1985	-11.2 °C30 January 1985	12.9 °C	1,575 mm	45	100
1984	36.4 °C10 August 1984	-11.1 °C7 February 1984	12.7 °C	1,078 mm	53	106
1983	36.5 °C5 August 1983	-10.4 °C21 January 1983	13.0 °C	1,298 mm	38	110
1982	34.4 °C8 August 1982	-12.0 °C30 January 1982	13.2 °C	986 mm	36	93
1981	35.4 °C20 July 1981	-17.3 °C27 January 1981	12.6 °C	1,117 mm	40	112
1980	33.4 °C13 June 1980	-11.9 °C18 January 1980	12.2 °C	1,503 mm	20	96
1979	34.0 °C31 July 1979	-13.7 °C2 February 1979	13.3 °C	1,180 mm	29	98
1978	35.2 °C6 July 1978	-10.3 °C2 February 1978	13.9 °C	1,038 mm	65	100
1977	36.7 °C31 July 1977	-13.2 °C16 February 1977	13.3 °C	1,016 mm	39	94
1976	33.2 °C20 August 1976	-12.8 °C24 January 1976	12.3 °C	1,095 mm	23	105
1975	34.4 °C20 July 1975	-8.2 °C29 January 1975	13.2 °C	1,087 mm	44	104
1974	33.2 °C15 June 1974	-12.1 °C25 January 1974	12.1 °C	1,387 mm	21	114
1973	37.8 °C14 August 1973	-12.7 °C24 December 1973	13.2 °C	917 mm	61	104
1972	33.8 °C31 July 1972	-7.1 °C30 December 1972	12.5 °C	1,674 mm	30	97
1971	35.4 °C1 August 1971	-13.7 °C6 January 1971	12.7 °C	935 mm	35	102
1970	34.7 °C31 July 1970	-13.9 °C5 January 1970	12.4 °C	1,210 mm	34	112
1969	33.6 °C26 July 1969	-20.9 °C6 February 1969	12.2 °C	1,218 mm	38	115
1968	37.3 °C26 July 1968	-10.2 °C12 February 1968	13.0 °C	665 mm	47	102
1967	39.3 °C24 August 1967	-15.8 °C16 January 1967	13.1 °C	816 mm	70	110
1966	35.1 °C5 August 1966	-12.5 °C20 January 1966	12.3 °C	972 mm	35	106
1965	33.4 °C24 June 1965	-15.9 °C4 February 1965	12.1 °C	1,095 mm	44	121
1964	35.5 °C16 August 1964	-10.0 °C13 February 1964	13.2 °C	893 mm	61	110
1963	33.7 °C2 August 1963	-14.1 °C25 January 1963	11.9 °C	1,427 mm	34	121
1962	34.6 °C27 July 1962	-9.8 °C1 February 1962	12.4 °C	1,088 mm	44	116
1961	35.2 °C17 July 1961	-12.2 °C19 January 1961	13.4 °C	1,197 mm	51	102
1960	36.1 °C21 July 1960	-12.7 °C24 January 1960	12.9 °C	1,125 mm	52	107
1959	35.7 °C3 August 1959	-12.9 °C18 January 1959	13.2 °C	1,229 mm	44	86
1958	35.8 °C21 July 1958	-12.8 °C24 January 1958	12.8 °C	1,216 mm	46	107
1957	33.6 °C18 July 1957	-13.1 °C11 February 1957	12.0 °C	1,300 mm	16	122
1956	36.2 °C11 August 1956	-12.4 °C9 January 1956	11.7 °C	1,614 mm	37	124
1955	34.7 °C9 June 1955	-14.4 °C11 January 1955	12.9 °C	788 mm	51	112
1954	35.7 °C8 August 1954	-9.7 °C3 February 1954	12.9 °C	1,077 mm	30	93
1953	35.6 °C23 August 1953	-17.8 °C19 January 1953	12.7 °C	1,076 mm	41	114
1952	35.4 °C14 August 1952	-13.3 °C12 December 1952	12.4 °C	856 mm	39	110
1951	35.1 °C19 August 1951	-12.4 °C13 January 1951	12.7 °C	846 mm	47	100
1950	31.7 °C26 July 1950	-14.8 °C7 January 1950	12.1 °C	980 mm	17	112
1949	31.9 °C24 July 1949	-13.6 °C29 December 1949	11.9 °C	990 mm	19	108
1948	31.2 °C6 August 1948	-8.8 °C3 January 1948	12.5 °C	1,506 mm	12	99
1947	32.4 °C10 August 1947	-14.3 °C5 February 1947	11.0 °C	776 mm	20	133
1946	36.1 °C16 July 1946	-12.2 °C6 January 1946	12.5 °C	638 mm	53	114
1945	31.5 °C12 August 1945	-15.9 °C19 January 1945	11.1 °C	1,090 mm	13	128
1944	33.0 °C22 June 1944	-11.0 °C21 January 1944	12.1 °C	1,154 mm	28	119
1943	32.1 °C16 June 1943	-13.9 °C1 February 1943	11.9 °C	836 mm	13	116
1942	37.0 °C4 August 1942	-15.9 °C13 February 1942	12.2 °C	461 mm	63	123
1941	32.6 °C7 August 1941	-14.7 °C2 February 1941	11.5 °C	712 mm	9	118
1940	32.0 °C19 June 1940	-14.4 °C8 February 1940	11.4 °C	806 mm	25	134

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

20.8 °C

+2.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

+37

Frost days (< 0 °C)

97 d/yr

-4

Annual rainfall

1056 mm

-30 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	7.1 °C	+1.8 °C	7 mm	-16 mm
Feb	7.1 °C	-0.6 °C	22 mm	-11 mm
Mar	15.6 °C	+2.6 °C	57 mm	-2 mm
Apr	22.0 °C	+2.7 °C	55 mm	-35 mm
May	23.7 °C	-0.6 °C	118 mm	+24 mm
Jun	29.5 °C	+2.3 °C	178 mm	+31 mm
Jul	33.5 °C	+4.1 °C	166 mm	-52 mm
Aug	33.6 °C	+3.2 °C	170 mm	+8 mm
Sep	28.8 °C	+2.8 °C	131 mm	-16 mm
Oct	21.8 °C	+0.9 °C	119 mm	+67 mm
Nov	16.1 °C	+2.0 °C	20 mm	-21 mm
Dec	9.5 °C	+2.0 °C	15 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.5 °C

7 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-12.2 °C

10 Jan 2025

Wettest day

57.5 mm

16 May 2025

Windiest day

29.0 km/h

13 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

70.9 km/h

13 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.4 °C

7 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-17.0 °C

10 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

3.9 cm

4 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

23 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Changnyeong?

Changnyeong has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.1 °C and it receives 1,086 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Changnyeong?

The hottest day measured in Changnyeong between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2004, reaching 39.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Changnyeong?

The coldest day measured in Changnyeong between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, at -20.9 °C.

Does it snow in Changnyeong?

Yes. Changnyeong gets on average 9.1 cm of snow per year and has around 101 frost days.

Has the climate of Changnyeong warmed?

Yes: Changnyeong warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Changnyeong?

The wettest day measured in Changnyeong between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1944, with 211 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Changnyeong?

The windiest day measured in Changnyeong between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 1987, with winds reaching 55.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Changnyeong?

The warmest month in Changnyeong is August (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Changnyeong?

Changnyeong receives on average 1,086 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 90 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Changnyeong?

Changnyeong 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 Changnyeong?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Changnyeong between 1940 and 2025 was 9 December 1952, with 17.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Changnyeong?

Yes: Changnyeong has on average 60 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Changnyeong?

In Changnyeong, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 7 July 2025, and the lowest was -26.7 °C on 6 February 1969.

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