Kunwi climate — normals and trends
Kunwi (South Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.6 °C and it receives 1,032 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 (25.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kunwi averages 100 frost days, 39 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 90 rainy days per year.
Kunwi has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 115 to 85 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 14 August 1995) and the coldest -22.8 °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
KunwiGyeongsangbuk-do
- coords
- 36.23°, 128.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.6°C
Average daily high
17.7°C
Average daily low
8.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,032mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
27.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
100 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
39 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
90 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.9 cm
Average feels-like high
16.5 °C
Average feels-like low
6.6 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
58 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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
38.4 °C
14 August 1995
Coldest day
-22.8 °C
16 January 1967
Wettest day
172 mm
5 July 2013
Windiest day
43.3 km/h
31 March 1972
Strongest gust
142.9 km/h
16 July 1987
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
14 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-28.4 °C
16 January 1967
Snowiest day
15.7 cm
8 March 2018
Sunniest day
14.0 h
25 June 1958
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 8 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 5.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 11 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 14.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 53 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 20.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 57 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 23.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 88 mm | +0 mm |
| Jun | 29.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 239 mm | +113 mm |
| Jul | 32.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 140 mm | -80 mm |
| Aug | 32.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 66 mm | -102 mm |
| Sep | 27.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 162 mm | +26 mm |
| Oct | 20.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 174 mm | +124 mm |
| Nov | 14.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 8 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 7.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 20 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kunwi?
Kunwi has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.6 °C and it receives 1,032 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kunwi?
The hottest day measured in Kunwi between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1995, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kunwi?
The coldest day measured in Kunwi between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1967, at -22.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kunwi?
Yes. Kunwi gets on average 14.9 cm of snow per year and has around 100 frost days.
Has the climate of Kunwi warmed?
Yes: Kunwi warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kunwi?
The wettest day measured in Kunwi between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2013, with 172 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kunwi?
The windiest day measured in Kunwi between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1972, with winds reaching 43.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kunwi?
The warmest month in Kunwi is August (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Kunwi?
Kunwi receives on average 1,032 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 90 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kunwi?
Kunwi 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 Kunwi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kunwi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 2018, with 15.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kunwi?
Yes: Kunwi has on average 58 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kunwi?
In Kunwi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 14 August 1952, and the lowest was -28.4 °C on 16 January 1967.
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