Yonpo Air Base

KP-0003 · Hamgyŏng-namdo, North Korea

Climate Yonpo Air Base 2021-2025

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Yangyang International Airport (RKNY) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 88.9 88 86 87 93 91
February 85.9 95 55 82 94 86
March 79.6 80 80 83 75 73
April 86.8 74 80 96 92
May 84.8 90 80 96 86
June 76.0 85 78 64 66
July 72.9 77 79 55 77
August 72.6 79 51 83 79
September 77.8 54 66 80 80
October 85.8 76 95 77 84
November 93.5 90 93 93 96
December 92.7 97 78 100 97
Average 83.0 87.0 78.6 78.5 82.4 83.3

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 95.8 100 98 91 96 94
February 95.4 100 80 93 100 99
March 93.3 93 100 96 88 89
April 95.9 93 93 99 98
May 94.1 95 89 98 95
June 91.2 95 92 82 90
July 89.0 84 91 84 97
August 88.9 97 77 94 94
September 93.5 85 93 96 91
October 93.7 94 100 89 87
November 98.5 100 96 98 100
December 97.3 100 88 100 99
Average 94.0 97.3 93.1 91.2 93.1 94.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.6 3.1 3.2
February 5.7 4.5 5.0 6.2 4.0 7.4
March 11.3 10.0 9.8 12.6 10.9 11.6
April 17.1 18.3 16.6 18.6 15.8
May 21.7 22.3 21.3 22.8 20.3
June 24.2 25.8 25.3 24.0 22.3
July 27.4 29.5 29.1 26.3 26.8
August 27.7 30.1 27.3 27.3 26.1
September 23.7 25.0 24.3 23.6 23.1
October 18.4 19.1 20.1 17.1 18.8
November 13.4 14.0 12.9 14.8 13.5
December 5.6 6.0 5.4 3.7 6.4
Average 15.7 6.4 17.4 17.1 16.8 16.3

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -3.9 -3.9 -3.9 -3.5 -3.2 -4.2
February -1.3 -3.3 0.3 0.4 -3.0 -1.8
March 4.6 3.5 2.7 5.9 4.2 5.5
April 9.6 11.3 9.5 10.5 9.1
May 14.2 14.3 13.8 14.5 13.1
June 18.1 19.6 19.0 18.1 16.8
July 22.2 24.3 23.1 21.8 22.0
August 22.0 24.3 21.8 20.6 21.3
September 17.6 19.8 18.8 17.1 17.6
October 12.0 12.9 13.0 11.4 12.5
November 6.4 7.0 5.4 7.7 6.7
December -1.2 -1.6 -1.1 -3.2 -1.3
Average 9.2 -1.6 11.1 10.6 10.2 10.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.1 4 11 11 1 7
February 7.7 0 26 10 0 3
March 11.1 17 12 4 20 14
April 8.7 8 10 6 5
May 8.6 9 11 3 14
June 10.2 10 12 22 6
July 15.6 18 14 15 4
August 17.0 6 23 18 19
September 15.4 31 18 10 15
October 13.0 18 2 26 19
November 6.6 10 7 5 5
December 6.0 3 21 2 5
Average 10.4 7.5 13.3 12.1 11.1 9.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.8 11 10 11 8 9
February 9.4 12 7 9 11 10
March 8.5 9 9 8 9 8
April 8.4 7 10 9 8
May 7.8 8 7 9 8
June 6.2 6 7 7 6
July 6.0 8 6 6 5
August 5.5 6 6 6 5
September 5.7 5 5 6 5
October 6.3 6 7 7 6
November 8.1 8 10 7 9
December 10.5 12 10 11 11
Average 7.8 10.4 7.4 7.8 7.6 7.4

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 282° 282° 278° 292° 277°
February 279° 344° 303° 285° 280°
March 347° 303° 002° 271° 287°
April 075° 276° 211° 120°
May 268° 093° 247° 272°
June 110° 090° 142° 121°
July 266° 172° 094° 098°
August 112° 025° 168° 047°
September 048° 034° 087° 079°
October 059° 279° 047° 030°
November 287° 276° 278° 281°
December 276° 283° 284° 277°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.