Sangju climate — normals and trends
Sangju has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate, averaging 12.2 °C annually with 1,108 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
SangjuGyeongsangbuk-do
- coords
- 36.42°, 128.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
12.2°C
Average daily high
17.2°C
Average daily low
7.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,108mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
14.1km/h
Seasonal range
27.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
106 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
34 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
95 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.2 cm
Average feels-like high
16.0 °C
Average feels-like low
6.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
55 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
37.8 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest day
-22.6 °C
16 January 1967
Wettest day
161 mm
23 July 2000
Windiest day
41.4 km/h
30 January 1980
Strongest gust
132.8 km/h
16 July 1987
Hottest feels-like
43.2 °C
30 July 1956
Coldest feels-like
-27.9 °C
16 January 1967
Snowiest day
15.7 cm
7 January 2001
Sunniest day
14.0 h
25 June 1958
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 11 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 9 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 13.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 56 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 20.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 69 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 22.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 94 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 293 mm | +160 mm |
| Jul | 31.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 162 mm | -84 mm |
| Aug | 32.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 62 mm | -125 mm |
| Sep | 27.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 181 mm | +39 mm |
| Oct | 20.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 207 mm | +155 mm |
| Nov | 14.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 7 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 6.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 24 mm | +1 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Sangju (South Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 1,108 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 (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sangju averages 106 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.
Sangju has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 121 to 91 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 1 August 2018) and the coldest -22.6 °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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sangju?
Sangju has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 1,108 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sangju?
The hottest day measured in Sangju between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2018, reaching 37.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sangju?
The coldest day measured in Sangju between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1967, at -22.6 °C.
Does it snow in Sangju?
Yes. Sangju gets on average 20.2 cm of snow per year and has around 106 frost days.
Has the climate of Sangju warmed?
Yes: Sangju warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sangju?
The wettest day measured in Sangju between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2000, with 161 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sangju?
The windiest day measured in Sangju between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1980, with winds reaching 41.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sangju?
The warmest month in Sangju is August (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Sangju?
Sangju receives on average 1,108 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sangju?
Sangju 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 Sangju?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sangju between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2001, with 15.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sangju?
Yes: Sangju has on average 55 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sangju?
In Sangju, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.2 °C on 30 July 1956, and the lowest was -27.9 °C on 16 January 1967.
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