South Korea

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Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
South Korea	-	-	0.95 ± 0.20	1.31 ± 0.10	2.00 ± 0.21	0.36 ± 0.40
Eastern Asia	-	0.78 ± 0.20	0.93 ± 0.19	1.23 ± 0.13	2.19 ± 0.24	1.64 ± 0.38
Asia	-	0.82 ± 0.18	1.00 ± 0.15	1.35 ± 0.09	2.57 ± 0.24	3.13 ± 0.25
Northern Hemisphere	-	0.79 ± 0.16	0.96 ± 0.10	1.19 ± 0.05	2.56 ± 0.20	3.56 ± 0.20
Global Land	0.43 ± 0.18	0.79 ± 0.13	0.91 ± 0.08	1.11 ± 0.03	2.16 ± 0.11	2.78 ± 0.13

Temperature Record Months and Years

Hottest Monthly and Annual Averages

Rank	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1	2020	2007	2002	1998	2017	2020	1994	2013	1975	2006	2011	1948	1998
2	1905	2009	2018	2017	2019	2013	1942	2018	1999	1998	1990	1958	2016
3	1979	1990	2020	2016	2016	2005	1939	1967	1998	1977	1954	1968	2019
4	1972	1959	2014	1994	2001	1894	2018	1994	2010	2008	2015	1977	1994
5	1989	2020	2019	2002	2014	2010	1978	2010	2019	2019	1994	1991	2020
6	1916	1998	1998	2014	1967	2016	1973	2020	2016	1961	2003	2015	2004
7	1973	1976	1990	1989	2015	2018	2017	1937	1983	2016	1946	1986	2015
8	1932	2004	2016	2018	2012	2012	1961	2016	2005	2001	1902	1998	2007
9	2002	1989	1960	1964	2009	1991	2013	1990	1961	1953	1961	1902	1990
10	1992	2002	2008	2005	1998	1997	1914	1995	2008	2013	1975	2004	2017

Months and years with an estimated uncertainty greater than 1 °C are omitted.

Coldest Monthly and Annual Averages

Rank	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1	1963	1947	1892	1931	1945	1947	1931	1980	1912	1899	1912	1917	1884
2	1917	1968	1936	1905	1927	1921	1954	1993	1889	1851	1884	1944	1841
3	1936	1886	1970	1879	1917	1954	1913	1902	1957	1884	1981	1967	1947
4	2011	1893	1916	2010	1887	1888	1974	1905	1888	1926	1893	1956	1917
5	1945	1945	1957	1926	1884	1887	1993	1884	1910	1912	2002	2005	1860
6	1981	1888	1924	1936	1913	1949	1902	1850	1980	1947	1956	1884	1852
7	1934	1856	1915	1965	1901	1893	1895	1936	1899	1934	1917	1947	1893
8	1977	1984	1881	1875	1883	1902	1901	1913	1972	1888	1930	1910	1851
9	1922	1957	1933	1897	1912	1882	1903	1891	1976	1879	1976	2012	1889
10	1918	1936	1896	1884	1918	1880	2003	1977	1941	1986	1889	1892	1913

Months and years with an estimated uncertainty greater than 1 °C are omitted.

Seasonal Changes

Regional Climate Variability

Difference from Global Land Average ( °C, 95% range )

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	± 2.13	± 0.84	± 0.35	± 0.24	± 0.18

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.41	0.72	0.93	0.96	0.97

Variability in Monthly Means ( °C, 95% range )

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 2.96	± 2.75	± 2.07	± 1.64	± 1.23	± 1.29
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.16	± 1.77	± 1.39	± 1.60	± 2.25	± 2.78

History of Temperature Stations

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Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

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Mean of Daily Low Temperature

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Change in Diurnal Range

South Korea Global Context Map

South Korea Local Context Map

Land Area:	99,000 km²
Percent of Global Land Area:	0.07%

Active Stations:	68
Former Stations:	105
Monthly Mean Observations:	46,426
Earliest Observation:	July 1888

Active Stations:	209
Former Stations:	172
Monthly Mean Observations:	169,703
Earliest Observation:	January 1845

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Dataset Updated:	15-Nov-2013 16:20:30
Temperature Sites:	40,747
Monthly Mean Observations:	15,717,007
Most Recent Month:	October 2013
Earliest Month:	January 1701