Yeonggwang climate — normals and trends
Yeonggwang (South Korea) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 1,314 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yeonggwang averages 49 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Yeonggwang has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 58 to 40 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 14 August 2018) and the coldest -12.4 °C (on 8 January 2021).
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
YeonggwangJeollanam-do
- coords
- 35.28°, 126.51°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.4°C
Average daily high
16.4°C
Average daily low
10.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,314mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
20.3km/h
Seasonal range
24.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
49 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.7 cm
Average feels-like high
15.5 °C
Average feels-like low
8.9 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
76 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
33.8 °C
14 August 2018
Coldest day
-12.4 °C
8 January 2021
Wettest day
224 mm
11 July 1972
Windiest day
75.7 km/h
28 August 2012
Strongest gust
144.7 km/h
28 August 2012
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
14 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-18.7 °C
8 January 2021
Snowiest day
10.8 cm
11 February 1994
Sunniest day
13.8 h
27 June 1969
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 38 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | -0.9 °C | 41 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 46 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 69 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 19.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 125 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 25.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 253 mm | +74 mm |
| Jul | 30.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 237 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 30.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 225 mm | +35 mm |
| Sep | 27.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 212 mm | +51 mm |
| Oct | 21.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 159 mm | +101 mm |
| Nov | 14.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 15 mm | -45 mm |
| Dec | 8.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 40 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yeonggwang?
Yeonggwang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 1,314 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yeonggwang?
The hottest day measured in Yeonggwang between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2018, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yeonggwang?
The coldest day measured in Yeonggwang between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2021, at -12.4 °C.
Does it snow in Yeonggwang?
Yes. Yeonggwang gets on average 25.7 cm of snow per year and has around 49 frost days.
Has the climate of Yeonggwang warmed?
Yes: Yeonggwang warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yeonggwang?
The wettest day measured in Yeonggwang between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1972, with 224 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yeonggwang?
The windiest day measured in Yeonggwang between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2012, with winds reaching 75.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yeonggwang?
The warmest month in Yeonggwang is August (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Yeonggwang?
Yeonggwang receives on average 1,314 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yeonggwang?
Yeonggwang 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 Yeonggwang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yeonggwang between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1994, with 10.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yeonggwang?
Yes: Yeonggwang has on average 76 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yeonggwang?
In Yeonggwang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 14 August 2018, and the lowest was -18.7 °C on 8 January 2021.
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