Yeongam climate — normals and trends
Yeongam (South Korea) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 1,231 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 (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yeongam averages 76 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Yeongam has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 88 to 64 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 21 July 1994) and the coldest -14.5 °C (on 15 January 2001).
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
YeongamJeollanam-do
- coords
- 34.80°, 126.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.5°C
Average daily high
17.8°C
Average daily low
9.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,231mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
25.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
76 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.7 cm
Average feels-like high
17.3 °C
Average feels-like low
8.4 °C
Average peak gust
38.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
72 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
37.6 °C
21 July 1994
Coldest day
-14.5 °C
15 January 2001
Wettest day
177 mm
23 June 1985
Windiest day
70.9 km/h
28 August 2012
Strongest gust
162.0 km/h
28 August 2012
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
15 August 1954
Coldest feels-like
-19.6 °C
15 January 2001
Snowiest day
13.9 cm
11 February 1994
Sunniest day
13.9 h
29 June 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 19 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 5.5 °C | -1.2 °C | 46 mm | +7 mm |
| Mar | 13.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 50 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 19.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 55 mm | -38 mm |
| May | 22.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 123 mm | +16 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 167 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 31.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 126 mm | -125 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 262 mm | +81 mm |
| Sep | 28.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 185 mm | +34 mm |
| Oct | 22.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 144 mm | +91 mm |
| Nov | 15.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 25 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 9.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 22 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yeongam?
Yeongam has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 1,231 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yeongam?
The hottest day measured in Yeongam between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1994, reaching 37.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yeongam?
The coldest day measured in Yeongam between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 2001, at -14.5 °C.
Does it snow in Yeongam?
Yes. Yeongam gets on average 9.7 cm of snow per year and has around 76 frost days.
Has the climate of Yeongam warmed?
Yes: Yeongam warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yeongam?
The wettest day measured in Yeongam between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 1985, with 177 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yeongam?
The windiest day measured in Yeongam between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2012, with winds reaching 70.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yeongam?
The warmest month in Yeongam is August (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Yeongam?
Yeongam receives on average 1,231 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yeongam?
Yeongam 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 Yeongam?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yeongam between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1994, with 13.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yeongam?
Yes: Yeongam has on average 72 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yeongam?
In Yeongam, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 15 August 1954, and the lowest was -19.6 °C on 15 January 2001.
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