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Wonsan Climate & Temperature
- Wonsan, South Korea is at 39°10'N, 127°26'E, 36 m (118 ft). See map.
- Wonsan has a humid continental climate with severe, dry winters, hot summers and strong seasonality (Köppen-Geiger classification: Dwa).
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Wonsan is situated in or near the cool temperate wet forest biome.
- The annual average temperature is 10.4 degrees Celsius (50.7 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 26.8 °C (48.2°F). This indicates that the continentality type is continental, subtype subcontinental.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 1406.3 mm (55.4 inches) which is equivalent to 1406.3 Litres/m² (34.49 Gallons/ft²).
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Wonsan you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Mar Del Plata, Argentina where you would find a Marine west coast climate (Warm temperate dry forest biome).
Wonsan Climate Table
| Climate Variable | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Temperature °C ( °F) | -4 (26) | -2 (29) | 3 (37) | 10 (50) | 16 (60) | 19 (66) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) | 19 (66) | 13 (55) | 6 (43) | 0 (31) | 10 (51) | ||
| Average Precipitation mm (in) | 33 (1) | 35 (1) | 51 (2) | 69 (3) | 82 (3) | 136 (5) | 305 (12) | 334 (13) | 203 (8) | 67 (3) | 61 (2) | 32 (1) | 1406 (55) | ||
| Average Daylight Hours/ Day | 9h 44' | 10h 39' | 11h 53' | 13h 11' | 14h 18' | 14h 51' | 14h 36' | 13h 39' | 12h 23' | 11h 05' | 9h 59' | 9h 27' | 12h 00' | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 30.9 | 40.1 | 51 | 62.6 | 71 | 74.3 | 71.3 | 63 | 51.6 | 40.1 | 30.9 | 27.4 | 51.1 |
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