Yeoju climate — normals and trends
Yeoju (South Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 1,235 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 (-3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yeoju averages 117 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.
Yeoju has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 129 to 105 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 1 August 2018) and the coldest -27.0 °C (on 13 January 1951).
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
YeojuGyeonggi-do
- coords
- 37.30°, 127.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.3°C
Average daily high
16.3°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,235mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
13.3km/h
Seasonal range
28.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
117 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
105 d/yr
Annual snowfall
28.3 cm
Average feels-like high
15.2 °C
Average feels-like low
5.0 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
50 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
37.3 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest day
-27.0 °C
13 January 1951
Wettest day
190 mm
19 August 1972
Windiest day
42.1 km/h
28 August 2012
Strongest gust
108.7 km/h
28 August 1986
Hottest feels-like
43.6 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-32.4 °C
24 January 1963
Snowiest day
19.7 cm
28 January 1969
Sunniest day
14.3 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 | 3.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 19 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 3.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 9 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 12.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 51 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 18.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 84 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 95 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 141 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 31.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 225 mm | -82 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 192 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 26.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 265 mm | +120 mm |
| Oct | 19.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 180 mm | +126 mm |
| Nov | 13.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 13 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 43 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yeoju?
Yeoju has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 1,235 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yeoju?
The hottest day measured in Yeoju between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2018, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yeoju?
The coldest day measured in Yeoju between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1951, at -27.0 °C.
Does it snow in Yeoju?
Yes. Yeoju gets on average 28.3 cm of snow per year and has around 117 frost days.
Has the climate of Yeoju warmed?
Yes: Yeoju warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yeoju?
The wettest day measured in Yeoju between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1972, with 190 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yeoju?
The windiest day measured in Yeoju between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2012, with winds reaching 42.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yeoju?
The warmest month in Yeoju is August (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Yeoju?
Yeoju receives on average 1,235 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yeoju?
Yeoju 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 Yeoju?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yeoju between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1969, with 19.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yeoju?
Yes: Yeoju has on average 50 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yeoju?
In Yeoju, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 1 August 2018, and the lowest was -32.4 °C on 24 January 1963.
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