Climate
As Hapcheon-gun is landlocked, the climate is quite extreme. Average annual temperature is 13.0°C with the lowest temperature of -16.9°C (in 1974) and the highest of 39.2°C (in 1994). The rainfall is approximately 1275.6mm which is quite low compared to other Korean regions. The rainfall is heaviest in the summer.
| Climate data for Hapcheon (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
25.0 (77.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.7 (87.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
22.2 (72.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
1.9 (35.4) |
6.8 (44.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.4 (77.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
7.5 (45.5) |
1.6 (34.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −6.1 (21.0) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
0.4 (32.7) |
5.8 (42.4) |
11.2 (52.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
8.3 (46.9) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
7.3 (45.1) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 21.9 (0.862) |
34.7 (1.366) |
53.2 (2.094) |
74.0 (2.913) |
97.4 (3.835) |
168.9 (6.65) |
287.4 (11.315) |
294.5 (11.594) |
158.0 (6.22) |
38.3 (1.508) |
32.0 (1.26) |
15.2 (0.598) |
1,275.6 (50.22) |
| % humidity | 63.4 | 61.5 | 60.0 | 58.9 | 63.4 | 69.3 | 76.2 | 76.3 | 75.5 | 71.7 | 68.9 | 65.7 | 67.6 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.8 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 8.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 88.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 188.4 | 185.0 | 205.4 | 218.8 | 227.1 | 183.7 | 160.0 | 176.9 | 171.0 | 202.1 | 174.2 | 182.2 | 2,277.7 |
| Source: Korea Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
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