Yecheon climate — normals and trends
Yecheon (South Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 1,081 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 (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yecheon averages 112 frost days, 28 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.
Yecheon has warmed by +2.5 °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 127 to 97 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 29 July 1977) and the coldest -29.0 °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
YecheonGyeongsangbuk-do
- coords
- 36.66°, 128.46°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.6°C
Average daily high
16.7°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,081mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
13.6km/h
Seasonal range
27.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
112 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
28 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
94 d/yr
Annual snowfall
22.9 cm
Average feels-like high
15.4 °C
Average feels-like low
5.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
49 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
36.8 °C
29 July 1977
Coldest day
-29.0 °C
16 January 1967
Wettest day
165 mm
19 August 1972
Windiest day
43.4 km/h
18 April 1946
Strongest gust
144.4 km/h
16 July 1987
Hottest feels-like
42.6 °C
14 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-34.6 °C
16 January 1967
Snowiest day
17.7 cm
5 March 2004
Sunniest day
14.1 h
18 June 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 11 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 7 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 13.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 58 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 19.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 72 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 99 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 28.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 254 mm | +127 mm |
| Jul | 31.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 177 mm | -65 mm |
| Aug | 31.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 81 mm | -103 mm |
| Sep | 26.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 187 mm | +50 mm |
| Oct | 19.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 183 mm | +133 mm |
| Nov | 13.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 7 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 5.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 23 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yecheon?
Yecheon has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 1,081 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yecheon?
The hottest day measured in Yecheon between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1977, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yecheon?
The coldest day measured in Yecheon between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1967, at -29.0 °C.
Does it snow in Yecheon?
Yes. Yecheon gets on average 22.9 cm of snow per year and has around 112 frost days.
Has the climate of Yecheon warmed?
Yes: Yecheon warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yecheon?
The wettest day measured in Yecheon between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1972, with 165 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yecheon?
The windiest day measured in Yecheon between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 1946, with winds reaching 43.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yecheon?
The warmest month in Yecheon is August (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Yecheon?
Yecheon receives on average 1,081 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yecheon?
Yecheon 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 Yecheon?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yecheon between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2004, with 17.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yecheon?
Yes: Yecheon has on average 49 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yecheon?
In Yecheon, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 14 August 1952, and the lowest was -34.6 °C on 16 January 1967.
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