Damyang climate — normals and trends
Damyang (South Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.6 °C and it receives 1,272 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 (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Damyang averages 104 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Damyang has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 90 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 23 July 1994) and the coldest -22.2 °C (on 8 January 2021).
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
DamyangJeollanam-do
- coords
- 35.32°, 126.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.6°C
Average daily high
17.8°C
Average daily low
7.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,272mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
14.1km/h
Seasonal range
26.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
104 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
34 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.0 cm
Average feels-like high
17.2 °C
Average feels-like low
6.6 °C
Average peak gust
35.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
59 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
39.6 °C
23 July 1994
Coldest day
-22.2 °C
8 January 2021
Wettest day
175 mm
11 July 1972
Windiest day
51.5 km/h
28 August 2012
Strongest gust
153.7 km/h
28 August 2012
Hottest feels-like
43.8 °C
22 July 1994
Coldest feels-like
-26.8 °C
8 January 2021
Snowiest day
11.2 cm
11 February 1994
Sunniest day
13.8 h
24 June 1958
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 24 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 4.9 °C | -1.2 °C | 31 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 13.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 47 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 20.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 63 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 22.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 116 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 28.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 204 mm | +22 mm |
| Jul | 32.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 191 mm | -86 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 229 mm | +37 mm |
| Sep | 27.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 178 mm | +27 mm |
| Oct | 22.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 147 mm | +93 mm |
| Nov | 15.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 17 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 8.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 27 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Damyang?
Damyang has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.6 °C and it receives 1,272 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Damyang?
The hottest day measured in Damyang between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1994, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Damyang?
The coldest day measured in Damyang between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2021, at -22.2 °C.
Does it snow in Damyang?
Yes. Damyang gets on average 19.0 cm of snow per year and has around 104 frost days.
Has the climate of Damyang warmed?
Yes: Damyang warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Damyang?
The wettest day measured in Damyang between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1972, with 175 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Damyang?
The windiest day measured in Damyang between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2012, with winds reaching 51.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Damyang?
The warmest month in Damyang is August (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Damyang?
Damyang receives on average 1,272 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Damyang?
Damyang gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Damyang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Damyang between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1994, with 11.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Damyang?
Yes: Damyang has on average 59 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Damyang?
In Damyang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 22 July 1994, and the lowest was -26.8 °C on 8 January 2021.
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