Cheongsong gun climate — normals and trends
Cheongsong gun (South Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 1,063 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 (24.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Cheongsong gun averages 106 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.
Cheongsong gun 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 122 to 90 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 31 July 1977) and the coldest -26.5 °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
Cheongsong gunGyeongsangbuk-do
- coords
- 36.43°, 129.06°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.4°C
Average daily high
16.2°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,063mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
16.5km/h
Seasonal range
27.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
106 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
94 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.0 cm
Average feels-like high
14.5 °C
Average feels-like low
5.3 °C
Average peak gust
40.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
47 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
36.8 °C
31 July 1977
Coldest day
-26.5 °C
16 January 1967
Wettest day
193 mm
3 August 1969
Windiest day
51.9 km/h
31 August 1987
Strongest gust
157.3 km/h
17 September 1959
Hottest feels-like
41.1 °C
14 August 1954
Coldest feels-like
-32.0 °C
16 January 1967
Snowiest day
21.7 cm
8 March 2018
Sunniest day
14.2 h
2 July 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 9 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 10 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 69 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 18.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 58 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 21.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 104 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 208 mm | +82 mm |
| Jul | 30.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 158 mm | -56 mm |
| Aug | 31.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 76 mm | -101 mm |
| Sep | 25.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 160 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 18.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 185 mm | +130 mm |
| Nov | 13.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 9 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 5.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 19 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cheongsong gun?
Cheongsong gun has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 1,063 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cheongsong gun?
The hottest day measured in Cheongsong gun between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1977, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cheongsong gun?
The coldest day measured in Cheongsong gun between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1967, at -26.5 °C.
Does it snow in Cheongsong gun?
Yes. Cheongsong gun gets on average 25.0 cm of snow per year and has around 106 frost days.
Has the climate of Cheongsong gun warmed?
Yes: Cheongsong gun warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cheongsong gun?
The wettest day measured in Cheongsong gun between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1969, with 193 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cheongsong gun?
The windiest day measured in Cheongsong gun between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 1987, with winds reaching 51.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cheongsong gun?
The warmest month in Cheongsong gun is August (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Cheongsong gun?
Cheongsong gun receives on average 1,063 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cheongsong gun?
Cheongsong gun 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 Cheongsong gun?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cheongsong gun between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 2018, with 21.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cheongsong gun?
Yes: Cheongsong gun has on average 47 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cheongsong gun?
In Cheongsong gun, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 14 August 1954, and the lowest was -32.0 °C on 16 January 1967.
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