Kowŏn-ŭp climate

Kowŏn-ŭp Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Kowŏn-ŭp, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 17°C on May 1 to 23°C on May 31, and lows from 4°C to 10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 81 mm over about 9 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Kowŏn-ŭp, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
20°C
Average low
7°C
Precipitation
81 mm
Reanalysis high
33°CMay 31, 2014
Reanalysis low
-1°CMay 11, 1995
Daylight
13 h 51 min to 14 h 44 min
Cloud cover
61%
Humidity
69%
Dew point
7°C
Wind
15.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 117°C4°C26°C 20150°C 201026%
May 218°C4°C25°C 2020-1°C 199128%
May 318°C5°C26°C 2020-1°C 199128%
May 418°C5°C24°C 20030°C 199527%
May 518°C5°C25°C 19970°C 201428%
May 618°C5°C25°C 20090°C 201928%
May 718°C6°C25°C 20071°C 200528%
May 819°C6°C25°C 20002°C 200528%
May 919°C6°C24°C 19951°C 200529%
May 1019°C6°C25°C 20190°C 200529%
May 1119°C6°C27°C 2019-1°C 199530%
May 1219°C7°C26°C 19941°C 199531%
May 1319°C7°C26°C 20033°C 200930%
May 1419°C7°C25°C 19913°C 200830%
May 1520°C7°C27°C 19984°C 200828%
May 1620°C7°C27°C 20193°C 201229%
May 1720°C8°C27°C 20012°C 199429%
May 1820°C8°C26°C 20193°C 199429%
May 1921°C8°C27°C 20011°C 199428%
May 2021°C8°C30°C 20173°C 200827%
May 2121°C8°C30°C 19983°C 199627%
May 2221°C9°C29°C 19913°C 201128%
May 2321°C9°C28°C 20195°C 201828%
May 2422°C9°C32°C 20195°C 199728%
May 2522°C9°C31°C 20154°C 199227%
May 2622°C9°C29°C 20155°C 201727%
May 2722°C10°C28°C 20155°C 199126%
May 2823°C10°C30°C 20154°C 199926%
May 2923°C10°C29°C 20015°C 199926%
May 3023°C10°C31°C 20146°C 199826%
May 3123°C10°C33°C 20145°C 200826%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Kowŏn-ŭp, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9).

May 1
sunrise 5:33 AM, sunset 7:24 PM
May 31
sunrise 5:07 AM, sunset 7:51 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.