How extreme does Daegu's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Daegu 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 Taegu Acc (Kor-Afb) station 3 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 Daegu has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

103°F Jul 12, 1994

That is about 16°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Daegu (typical high near 87°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Jul 12, 1994

2 103°F Jul 21, 1994

3 103°F Jul 15, 1994

❄️ Coldest night

-8°F Jan 21, 2004

About 33°F colder than a normal January night in Daegu (typical low near 25°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -8°F Jan 21, 2004

2 6°F Dec 16, 2005

3 6°F Jan 25, 2023

🌧️ Most rain in one day

13.03 in Aug 12, 1992

More rain in a single day than Daegu usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 10.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 13.03 in Aug 12, 1992

2 11.82 in May 6, 2006

3 9.57 in Aug 13, 1992

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.

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Daegu's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 103°F is about 16°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, Daegu's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 103°F and as low as −8°F. A single day has delivered over 13 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 Taegu Acc (kor-afb), a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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