Riwon Airbase

KP-0038 · Hamgyŏng-namdo, North Korea

Climate Riwon Airbase 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Yangyang International Airport (RKNY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.0 86 87 93 91 88
February 84.8 55 82 94 86 86
March 79.6 80 83 75 73 94
April 88.6 80 96 92 96
May 84.0 80 96 86 77
June 74.8 78 64 66 81
July 72.3 79 55 77 66
August 71.7 51 83 79 74
September 81.3 66 80 80 82
October 87.2 95 77 84 99
November 94.0 93 93 96 97
December 92.1 78 100 97 98
Average 82.0 74.2 78.5 82.4 83.3 85.7

5th best VFR conditions of South Korea

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 95.3 98 91 96 94 96
February 94.9 80 93 100 99 99
March 93.3 100 96 88 89 97
April 96.3 93 99 98 99
May 93.9 89 98 95 92
June 90.7 92 82 90 92
July 89.8 91 84 97 84
August 87.7 77 94 94 88
September 94.8 93 96 91 95
October 93.6 100 89 87 100
November 98.3 96 98 100 100
December 97.0 88 100 99 99
Average 93.5 92.5 91.2 93.1 94.2 94.6

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.2 4 4 3 3 7
February 5.9 5 6 4 7 8
March 11.5 10 13 11 12 12
April 17.0 17 19 16 15
May 21.7 21 23 20 21
June 24.0 25 24 22 25
July 27.1 29 26 27 24
August 27.3 27 27 26 28
September 23.5 24 24 23 23
October 18.4 20 17 19 18
November 13.4 13 15 14 14
December 5.6 5 4 6 5
Average 15.4 6.3 17.1 16.8 16.3 16.6

11th highest temperature of South Korea

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -2.0 -2 -3 -3 -4 2
February -1.6 0 0 -3 0 2
March 4.7 3 6 4 6 5
April 9.4 10 11 9 8
May 14.1 14 15 13 14
June 17.9 19 18 17 19
July 21.9 23 22 22 19
August 21.6 22 21 21 23
September 17.3 19 17 18 16
October 11.9 13 11 13 11
November 6.3 5 8 7 7
December -1.1 -1 -3 -1 -1
Average 9.0 0.3 10.6 10.2 10.1 10.2

9th lowest temperature of South Korea

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.4 11 11 1 7 14
February 8.6 26 10 0 3 12
March 10.4 12 4 20 14 7
April 8.8 10 6 5 9
May 8.6 11 3 14 13
June 10.3 12 22 6 10
July 15.3 14 15 4 24
August 18.5 23 18 19 23
September 13.1 18 10 15 17
October 12.3 2 26 19 0
November 6.0 7 5 5 2
December 6.5 21 2 5 2
Average 11.2 16.1 12.1 11.1 9.9 11.4

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.7 10 11 8 9 8
February 9.0 7 9 11 10 9
March 8.5 9 8 9 8 9
April 8.7 10 9 8 9
May 7.7 7 9 8 8
June 6.2 7 7 6 7
July 5.7 6 6 5 6
August 5.4 6 6 5 6
September 5.7 5 6 5 8
October 6.3 7 7 6 6
November 8.2 10 7 9 9
December 10.3 10 11 11 11
Average 7.7 8.4 7.8 7.6 7.4 7.7

11th highest wind speed of South Korea

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 282° 278° 292° 277° 289°
February 344° 303° 285° 280° 269°
March 303° 002° 271° 287° 270°
April 276° 211° 120° 303°
May 093° 247° 272° 253°
June 090° 142° 121° 087°
July 172° 094° 098° 088°
August 025° 168° 047° 251°
September 034° 087° 079° 337°
October 279° 047° 030° 316°
November 276° 278° 281° 273°
December 283° 284° 277° 272°

Prevailing wind direction

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