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North Korea Climate
Located between 38 and 43 north latitude, North Korea has a
continental climate with four distinct seasons. Long winters
bring bitterly cold and clear weather interspersed with snow
storms as a result of northern and northwestern winds that blow
from Siberia. The daily average high and low temperatures for
P'yongyang in January are -3° C and -13° C. Average snowfall
is
thirty-seven days during the winter. The weather is likely to be
particularly harsh in the northern, mountainous regions. Summer
tends to be short, hot, humid, and rainy because of the southern
and southeastern monsoon winds that bring moist air from the
Pacific Ocean. The daily average high and low temperatures for
P'yongyang in August are 29° C and 20° C. On average,
approximately
60 percent of all precipitation occurs from June to September.
Typhoons affect the peninsula on an average of at least once
every summer. Spring and autumn are transitional seasons marked
by mild temperatures and variable winds and bring the most
pleasant weather.
Data as of June 1993
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