Koksan Air Base

KP-0015 · Hwanghae-bukto, North Korea

Climate Koksan Air Base 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gimpo International Airport (RKSS) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 75.1 68 69 73 79 85
February 74.9 86 57 70 80 69
March 72.9 77 83 70 71 66
April 82.6 83 73 87 90
May 81.2 78 83 96 77
June 78.7 88 74 62 74
July 65.8 42 50 85 87
August 79.8 85 80 71 84
September 86.1 78 79 89 92
October 88.3 83 86 87 87
November 77.6 89 75 74 72
December 77.7 90 67 84 78
Average 78.1 76.6 76.5 73.0 80.2 80.1

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 89.0 84 87 88 91 92
February 90.5 94 92 91 95 87
March 90.2 93 95 90 91 86
April 95.5 97 89 96 96
May 93.6 96 93 99 90
June 95.9 98 95 91 96
July 91.9 90 84 95 95
August 96.3 100 95 96 96
September 96.8 98 97 95 99
October 96.9 94 95 93 99
November 91.7 96 96 89 86
December 91.3 99 91 95 90
Average 93.0 90.1 95.1 91.8 93.8 92.8

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 2.7 3.2 3.3 2.6 2.5 2.1
February 5.2 3.2 7.5 6.7 3.7 7.5
March 12.7 13.0 11.8 15.0 12.5 13.9
April 18.4 21.1 18.5 19.6 19.0
May 23.4 23.0 24.5 23.8 21.8
June 27.6 29.5 27.6 26.8 27.5
July 30.3 29.8 30.3 31.1 32.3
August 30.7 33.5 31.1 29.1 29.8
September 27.0 29.8 27.8 27.1 27.1
October 20.2 21.1 21.1 19.3 20.3
November 12.6 14.4 11.1 15.0 13.0
December 3.9 4.5 4.7 2.2 5.0
Average 16.8 6.6 19.1 18.5 18.3 18.3

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 -8.8 -7.9 -6.5 -8.5 -9.0 -9.6
February -5.1 -8.5 -2.9 -5.7 -8.5 -4.5
March 1.4 1.5 1.0 1.8 1.3 2.7
April 7.4 10.0 7.9 7.9 8.4
May 12.8 12.5 13.5 12.1 12.3
June 18.3 18.3 18.8 19.3 18.5
July 23.2 24.1 23.5 23.6 23.8
August 23.3 25.3 23.5 22.3 22.1
September 17.8 21.5 19.3 17.0 18.1
October 9.3 11.4 9.8 8.8 10.5
November 1.9 3.5 1.3 3.2 2.2
December -6.6 -5.0 -4.2 -7.0 -6.5
Average 6.9 -4.0 9.7 8.7 8.2 8.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.4 11 13 10 5 8
February 6.9 3 17 1 5 3
March 4.8 7 7 3 5 9
April 7.7 9 13 0 8
May 9.7 15 13 1 18
June 9.6 6 12 20 12
July 16.2 24 24 14 8
August 15.5 7 19 24 17
September 11.0 14 15 9 9
October 6.4 9 4 11 11
November 7.0 9 13 4 8
December 6.6 1 16 10 6
Average 9.0 6.8 10.9 12.2 9.2 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 6.0 6 6 6 6 7
February 7.1 8 6 7 8 8
March 7.7 9 8 7 7 7
April 8.1 6 8 8 8
May 7.7 8 7 9 8
June 6.9 7 7 8 6
July 6.7 8 7 7 6
August 6.5 6 6 7 6
September 6.4 6 6 7 7
October 6.1 5 6 6 6
November 6.2 6 7 6 6
December 6.3 6 7 6 7
Average 6.9 7.6 6.6 6.7 7.1 6.8

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 287° 311° 300° 316° 309°
February 281° 298° 303° 285° 284°
March 272° 264° 267° 269° 274°
April 265° 233° 246° 263°
May 256° 235° 254° 243°
June 260° 250° 223° 245°
July 198° 210° 249° 238°
August 258° 292° 231° 219°
September 075° 010° 015° 095°
October 355° 285° 320° 297°
November 308° 267° 311° 286°
December 293° 309° 311° 309°

Prevailing wind direction

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