Jukbyeon Emergency Airstrip

KR-0011 · Gangwon-do, South Korea

Climate Jukbyeon Emergency Airstrip 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gangneung Airport (K-18) (RKNN) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 61.5 62
February 53.8 60 50
March 57.8 57 60
April 70.3 70
May 46.1 46
June 60.0 60
July 66.6 82 46
August 37.0 26 58
September 52.1 31 100
October 85.1 80 92
November 84.0 100 77
December 100.0 100 100
Average 61.8 57.1 59.4 68.9

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
January 61.5 62
February 61.5 80 50
March 89.4 100 73
April 81.4 82
May 46.1 46
June 84.0 84
July 90.0 94 85
August 77.7 71 90
September 78.2 69 100
October 96.2 100 92
November 96.0 100 94
December 100.0 100 100
Average 88.5 96.4 78.3 90.8

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 2024 2023 2022
January 4.9 5
February 2.7 3 3
March 9.1 7 11
April 15.9 16
May 19.5 20
June 22.7 23
July 26.3 27 25
August 25.7 26 26
September 22.6 24 21
October 16.0 17 15
November 14.8 15 15
December 6.1 9 5
Average 14.5 6.3 18.3 19.0

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 3.0 3
February 2.2 2 2
March 7.2 5 10
April 13.5 14
May 17.4 18
June 21.3 21
July 24.5 25 24
August 23.3 24 23
September 21.3 22 20
October 14.5 16 14
November 12.2 12 13
December 5.1 8 3
Average 12.7 4.3 16.5 17.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 38.4 39
February 53.8 60 50
March 26.3 35 13
April 22.2 22
May 7.6 8
June 48.0 48
July 21.6 24 19
August 42.5 49 32
September 39.1 56 0
October 29.6 40 17
November 16.0 38 6
December 0.0 0 0
Average 29.9 39.2 34.4 16.0

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
January 5.6 6
February 6.7 4 8
March 6.7 7 6
April 7.0 7
May 5.4 5
June 5.6 6
July 5.2 5 6
August 5.5 6 5
September 4.6 4 5
October 5.4 5 6
November 8.7 16 6
December 8.6 16 5
Average 6.1 6.7 6.2 5.5

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 261°
February 315° 336°
March 276° 345°
April 002°
May 010°
June 052°
July 079° 061°
August 354° 090°
September 322° 109°
October 325° 021°
November 246° 317°
December 250° 277°

Prevailing wind direction

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