Hongch’ŏn climate

Hongch’ŏn Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 28°C on August 1 to 25°C on August 31, and lows from 20°C to 16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 288 mm over about 19 wet days.

August day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Hongch’ŏn, in °C, with the record for each date.5101520253035151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
27°C
Average low
19°C
Precipitation
288 mm
Reanalysis high
34°CAug 1, 2014
Reanalysis low
10°CAug 28, 1991
Daylight
14 h 05 min to 13 h 03 min
Cloud cover
73%
Humidity
86%
Dew point
20°C
Wind
11.2 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
Aug 128°C20°C34°C 201416°C 200060%
Aug 228°C20°C34°C 201817°C 199359%
Aug 328°C20°C33°C 201815°C 199359%
Aug 428°C20°C32°C 201814°C 199259%
Aug 528°C20°C33°C 201915°C 199259%
Aug 628°C20°C32°C 201514°C 199359%
Aug 728°C20°C32°C 201514°C 199359%
Aug 828°C20°C30°C 201614°C 199159%
Aug 928°C20°C30°C 201015°C 200359%
Aug 1027°C20°C31°C 201916°C 200158%
Aug 1127°C20°C31°C 201615°C 201458%
Aug 1227°C19°C31°C 199415°C 199159%
Aug 1327°C19°C32°C 201915°C 200359%
Aug 1427°C19°C32°C 201814°C 200358%
Aug 1527°C19°C31°C 200615°C 200358%
Aug 1627°C19°C31°C 200616°C 199357%
Aug 1727°C19°C30°C 200514°C 199756%
Aug 1827°C19°C30°C 201613°C 201856%
Aug 1926°C18°C30°C 201615°C 200457%
Aug 2026°C18°C30°C 201613°C 200257%
Aug 2126°C18°C30°C 201613°C 200856%
Aug 2226°C18°C32°C 201813°C 199456%
Aug 2326°C18°C30°C 201513°C 200555%
Aug 2426°C18°C29°C 201613°C 199655%
Aug 2525°C18°C30°C 201614°C 199654%
Aug 2625°C17°C29°C 202012°C 201653%
Aug 2725°C17°C29°C 199411°C 201652%
Aug 2825°C17°C29°C 202010°C 199150%
Aug 2925°C17°C28°C 199212°C 201750%
Aug 3025°C17°C29°C 202012°C 201750%
Aug 3125°C16°C29°C 201112°C 200950%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Hongch’ŏn, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

August 1
sunrise 5:32 AM, sunset 7:37 PM
August 31
sunrise 5:57 AM, sunset 7:00 PM

Every day of August: 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.