Yangpyeong climate — normals and trends
Yangpyeong (South Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 1,308 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yangpyeong averages 117 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.
Yangpyeong has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 128 to 106 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 1 August 2018) and the coldest -27.4 °C (on 4 January 1981).
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
YangpyeongGyeonggi-do
- coords
- 37.49°, 127.49°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.2°C
Average daily high
16.2°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,308mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
12.9km/h
Seasonal range
29.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
117 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
105 d/yr
Annual snowfall
28.7 cm
Average feels-like high
15.1 °C
Average feels-like low
5.1 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
51 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
37.7 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
4 January 1981
Wettest day
204 mm
11 June 1948
Windiest day
43.4 km/h
7 September 2019
Strongest gust
115.2 km/h
1 September 2000
Hottest feels-like
44.2 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-32.0 °C
24 January 1963
Snowiest day
20.4 cm
28 January 1969
Sunniest day
14.4 h
28 June 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 18 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 3.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 5 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 12.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 47 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 93 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 21.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 97 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 27.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 143 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 232 mm | -102 mm |
| Aug | 30.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 249 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 26.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 304 mm | +148 mm |
| Oct | 19.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 180 mm | +125 mm |
| Nov | 13.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 16 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 4.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 45 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yangpyeong?
Yangpyeong has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 1,308 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yangpyeong?
The hottest day measured in Yangpyeong between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2018, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yangpyeong?
The coldest day measured in Yangpyeong between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1981, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Yangpyeong?
Yes. Yangpyeong gets on average 28.7 cm of snow per year and has around 117 frost days.
Has the climate of Yangpyeong warmed?
Yes: Yangpyeong warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yangpyeong?
The wettest day measured in Yangpyeong between 1940 and 2025 was 11 June 1948, with 204 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yangpyeong?
The windiest day measured in Yangpyeong between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 2019, with winds reaching 43.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yangpyeong?
The warmest month in Yangpyeong is August (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Yangpyeong?
Yangpyeong receives on average 1,308 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yangpyeong?
Yangpyeong gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yangpyeong?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yangpyeong between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1969, with 20.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yangpyeong?
Yes: Yangpyeong has on average 51 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yangpyeong?
In Yangpyeong, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 1 August 2018, and the lowest was -32.0 °C on 24 January 1963.
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