Chinch'ŏn climate — normals and trends
Chinch'ŏn (South Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 1,183 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Chinch'ŏn averages 109 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 101 rainy days per year.
Chinch'ŏn has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 121 to 97 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 15 August 2018) and the coldest -23.3 °C (on 18 January 1945).
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
Chinch'ŏnNorth Chungcheong
- coords
- 36.86°, 127.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.1°C
Average daily high
17.1°C
Average daily low
7.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,183mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
14.2km/h
Seasonal range
28.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
109 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
34 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
101 d/yr
Annual snowfall
21.1 cm
Average feels-like high
16.0 °C
Average feels-like low
6.0 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
57 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
39.3 °C
15 August 2018
Coldest day
-23.3 °C
18 January 1945
Wettest day
178 mm
21 September 2024
Windiest day
45.7 km/h
28 August 2012
Strongest gust
122.4 km/h
28 August 1986
Hottest feels-like
43.8 °C
13 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-28.4 °C
18 January 1945
Snowiest day
23.3 cm
5 March 2004
Sunniest day
14.1 h
28 June 1951
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 | 4.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 14 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 10 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 53 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 20.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 69 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 23.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 86 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 29.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 202 mm | +66 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 223 mm | -52 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 124 mm | -83 mm |
| Sep | 26.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 276 mm | +129 mm |
| Oct | 20.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 199 mm | +145 mm |
| Nov | 14.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 12 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 5.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 39 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chinch'ŏn?
Chinch'ŏn has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 1,183 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chinch'ŏn?
The hottest day measured in Chinch'ŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2018, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chinch'ŏn?
The coldest day measured in Chinch'ŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1945, at -23.3 °C.
Does it snow in Chinch'ŏn?
Yes. Chinch'ŏn gets on average 21.1 cm of snow per year and has around 109 frost days.
Has the climate of Chinch'ŏn warmed?
Yes: Chinch'ŏn warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chinch'ŏn?
The wettest day measured in Chinch'ŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 2024, with 178 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chinch'ŏn?
The windiest day measured in Chinch'ŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2012, with winds reaching 45.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chinch'ŏn?
The warmest month in Chinch'ŏn is August (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Chinch'ŏn?
Chinch'ŏn receives on average 1,183 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chinch'ŏn?
Chinch'ŏn 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 Chinch'ŏn?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chinch'ŏn between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2004, with 23.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chinch'ŏn?
Yes: Chinch'ŏn has on average 57 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chinch'ŏn?
In Chinch'ŏn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 13 August 2018, and the lowest was -28.4 °C on 18 January 1945.
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