Yeongju climate — normals and trends
Yeongju (South Korea) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 1,015 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 (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yeongju averages 113 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 90 rainy days per year.
Yeongju 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 128 to 98 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 29 July 1977) and the coldest -30.2 °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
YeongjuGyeongsangbuk-do
- coords
- 36.82°, 128.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.4°C
Average daily high
16.4°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,015mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
27.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
113 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
90 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.2 cm
Average feels-like high
14.9 °C
Average feels-like low
5.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
46 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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
29 July 1977
Coldest day
-30.2 °C
16 January 1967
Wettest day
158 mm
19 August 1972
Windiest day
46.3 km/h
18 April 1946
Strongest gust
139.7 km/h
16 July 1987
Hottest feels-like
42.0 °C
14 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-35.9 °C
16 January 1967
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
7 January 2001
Sunniest day
14.2 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 | 8 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 7 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 66 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 19.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 66 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 97 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 242 mm | +123 mm |
| Jul | 30.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 140 mm | -72 mm |
| Aug | 31.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 76 mm | -89 mm |
| Sep | 26.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 175 mm | +45 mm |
| Oct | 19.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 197 mm | +148 mm |
| Nov | 13.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 4 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 5.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 18 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yeongju?
Yeongju has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 1,015 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yeongju?
The hottest day measured in Yeongju between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1977, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yeongju?
The coldest day measured in Yeongju between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1967, at -30.2 °C.
Does it snow in Yeongju?
Yes. Yeongju gets on average 25.2 cm of snow per year and has around 113 frost days.
Has the climate of Yeongju warmed?
Yes: Yeongju warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yeongju?
The wettest day measured in Yeongju between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1972, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yeongju?
The windiest day measured in Yeongju between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 1946, with winds reaching 46.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yeongju?
The warmest month in Yeongju is August (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Yeongju?
Yeongju receives on average 1,015 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 90 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yeongju?
Yeongju 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 Yeongju?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yeongju between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2001, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yeongju?
Yes: Yeongju has on average 46 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yeongju?
In Yeongju, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.0 °C on 14 August 1952, and the lowest was -35.9 °C on 16 January 1967.
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