Kimchaek
Weather station · 40.7°N 129.2°E · 19 m above sea level
ICAO ZKKCWMO 47025Station data since 1957
Record high
27.2°C
in 1965
Record low
7.2°C
in 2010
Average high
22.1°C
all years on record
3.0°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 24.2°C against 27.2°C in 1965. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
37.0°C
- Date
- Saturday, 30 July 1977
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kimchaek, North Korea
- Position
- 40.67°N 129.20°E · 19 m
Highest highest in available records since 1957. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−26.0°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 31 January 1978
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kimchaek, North Korea
- Position
- 40.67°N 129.20°E · 19 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1957. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Kimchaek is
40.67°N 129.20°E
Kimchaek
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
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Today is already hotter than 86% of all days recorded here since 1957.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1957. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 63.0°C.
From our dataRecord high 37.0°C against record low −26.0°C. - 3
At 00:00 UTC this morning it was 20.2°C. By 06:00 UTC it was 24.2°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Every year on record
1957 to 2025
Annual average · °C
Trend over 39 years with data: +0.25 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
14.0°
−26.0°
Feb
16.7°
−20.0°
Mar
27.8°
−15.0°
Apr
35.2°
−7.1°
May
34.0°
−0.5°
Jun
34.3°
−1.2°
Jul
37.0°
9.0°
Aug
36.6°
10.6°
Sep
32.9°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 24.2°C | 06:00 UTC | 20.2°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 21.0°C | 12:00 UTC | 16.4°C | 18:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- PungsanNorth Korea90.2 km
- SinpoNorth Korea111.4 km
- HyesanNorth Korea119.1 km
- ChongjinNorth Korea134.4 km
- SamjiyonNorth Korea147.6 km
- HamheungNorth Korea162.2 km
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1957 to 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |