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Weather extremes
How extreme does Wŏnsan's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Wŏnsan has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Wŏnsan has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 23°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Wŏnsan (typical high near 80°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 27°F colder than a normal February night in Wŏnsan (typical low near 24°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 91% of a typical July's rain in a single day (Wŏnsan averages roughly 11.9 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Wŏnsan's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 104°F is about 23°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Wonsan, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.