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How extreme does Man’gyŏngdae-ri's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Man’gyŏngdae-ri has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Pyongyang Intl station 26 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Man’gyŏngdae-ri has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
100°F Aug 2, 2018

That is about 15°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Man’gyŏngdae-ri (typical high near 85°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 100°F Aug 2, 2018
2 100°F Aug 3, 2018
3 100°F Aug 1, 2018
❄️ Coldest night
-16°F Jan 12, 2001

About 29°F colder than a normal January night in Man’gyŏngdae-ri (typical low near 13°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -16°F Jan 12, 2001
2 -16°F Jan 16, 2001
3 -14°F Jan 15, 2001
🌧️ Most rain in one day
9.17 in Jul 18, 2009

About 88% of a typical July's rain in a single day (Man’gyŏngdae-ri averages roughly 10.4 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 9.17 in Jul 18, 2009
2 8.15 in Jul 18, 2010
3 8.07 in Aug 11, 2007

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.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 100°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Man’gyŏngdae-ri's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 100°F is about 15°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

In a normal year, Man’gyŏngdae-ri's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 100°F and as low as −16°F. A single day has delivered over 9 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Pyongyang Intl, a weather station, about 26 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →