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Frequently, the weather is cloudless, clear, and dry, except for the southwestern region of the peninsula. The mean January temperature in Seoul is -2.0 °C (28.4 °F). January is the coldest month in Seoul, often with the lowest temperatures, almost always dropping below -10 °C (14 °F), and sometimes below -15 °C (5 °F).
The 2024 South Korean snowstorm is a historic weather event that occurred between 26 and 28 November 2024, marking South Korea's most substantial November snowfall in 52 years and Seoul's heaviest snowfall since the beginning of record-keeping in 1907. The storm set several snowfall records across the nation, and caused widespread disruption to ...
The current administration was established in 1990. Temporary observatories set up in 1904 in Busan, Incheon, Mokpo and elsewhere were precursors to the current KMA. The Central Meteorological Office (CMO) was established in August 1949. In April 1978, CMO was renamed the Korea Meteorological Service (KMS).
Since April 2024, several Southeast Asian countries have experienced record-breaking temperatures which have left several people dead. [1] [2] Heat indices peaked at 53 °C (127 °F) in Iba in the Philippines on 28 April 2024. The heat wave has been attributed to a combination of causes, including climate change and El Niño. [1]
A surface weather analysis is a type of weather map that depicts positions for high and low-pressure areas, as well as various types of synoptic scale systems such as frontal zones. Isotherms can be drawn on these maps, which are lines of equal temperature. Isotherms are drawn normally as solid lines at a preferred temperature interval. [2]
Typhoon Bavi approaching South Korea as a Category 3 typhoon in August 2020. The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula region located over Eastern Asia. The region is divided into North Korea and South Korea. Climatologically, in the Northwest Pacific basin, most tropical cyclones tend to develop between May and October. Typhoons impacting this ...
Khanun continued on a northward track into the day on Thursday, making landfall on Geoje Island, off the southeast coast, on Thursday at 9:20 a.m. local time, according to the Korea Meteorological ...
05:20. Includes weather reports from coastal stations at 05:25, and an inshore waters forecast at 05:27. 17:54 (Saturdays and Sundays only). The 00:48 and 17:54 forecasts are read by the duty announcer, but the 05:20 forecast is read by the weather forecaster (there being no separate Radio 4 continuity operation at that time).