Yeongdong climate — normals and trends
Yeongdong (South Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 1,097 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yeongdong averages 103 frost days, 30 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 101 rainy days per year.
Yeongdong 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 116 to 90 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 2 August 2018) and the coldest -22.9 °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
YeongdongNorth Chungcheong
- coords
- 36.17°, 127.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.0°C
Average daily high
16.9°C
Average daily low
7.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,097mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
27.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
30 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
101 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.6 cm
Average feels-like high
15.6 °C
Average feels-like low
6.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
55 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
2 August 2018
Coldest day
-22.9 °C
16 January 1967
Wettest day
180 mm
5 July 2013
Windiest day
41.4 km/h
17 April 2016
Strongest gust
133.6 km/h
28 August 1986
Hottest feels-like
42.9 °C
13 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-28.2 °C
16 January 1967
Snowiest day
17.5 cm
7 January 2001
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 June 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 13 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 13 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 13.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 53 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 20.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 54 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 99 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 28.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 268 mm | +132 mm |
| Jul | 31.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 163 mm | -74 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 67 mm | -111 mm |
| Sep | 26.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 208 mm | +71 mm |
| Oct | 20.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 209 mm | +157 mm |
| Nov | 14.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 12 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 6.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 30 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yeongdong?
Yeongdong has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 1,097 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yeongdong?
The hottest day measured in Yeongdong between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2018, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yeongdong?
The coldest day measured in Yeongdong between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1967, at -22.9 °C.
Does it snow in Yeongdong?
Yes. Yeongdong gets on average 25.6 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Yeongdong warmed?
Yes: Yeongdong warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yeongdong?
The wettest day measured in Yeongdong between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2013, with 180 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yeongdong?
The windiest day measured in Yeongdong between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 2016, with winds reaching 41.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yeongdong?
The warmest month in Yeongdong is August (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Yeongdong?
Yeongdong receives on average 1,097 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yeongdong?
Yeongdong gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yeongdong?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yeongdong between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2001, with 17.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yeongdong?
Yes: Yeongdong has on average 55 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yeongdong?
In Yeongdong, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.9 °C on 13 August 2018, and the lowest was -28.2 °C on 16 January 1967.
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