Kunsan
Weather station · 35.9°N 126.6°E · 8 m above sea level
ICAO RKJKWMO 47141Station data since 1951
Record high
27.2°C
in 1960
Record low
12.2°C
in 1951
Average high
24.7°C
all years on record
0.2°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 27.0°C against 27.2°C in 1960. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
36.1°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 1 August 1956
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kunsan , South Korea
- Position
- 35.90°N 126.62°E · 8 m
Highest highest in available records since 1951. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−16.1°C
- Date
- Monday, 16 January 1967
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kunsan , South Korea
- Position
- 35.90°N 126.62°E · 8 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1951. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Kunsan is
35.90°N 126.62°E
Kunsan
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 84% of all days recorded here since 1951.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1951. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 52.2°C.
From our dataRecord high 36.1°C against record low −16.1°C. - 3
At 00:55 UTC this morning it was 24.8°C. By 04:55 UTC it was 27.0°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
1951 to 1967
Annual average · °C
Trend over 16 years with data: -0.09 °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
12.2°
−16.1°
Feb
17.2°
−13.3°
Mar
22.2°
−8.3°
Apr
26.1°
−2.8°
May
27.8°
7.8°
Jun
32.2°
10.0°
Jul
35.0°
16.7°
Aug
36.1°
16.7°
Sep
33.3°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 27.0°C | 04:55 UTC | 24.8°C | 00:55 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 20.4°C | 14:55 UTC | 18.4°C | 20:55 UTC |
Nearby stations
- KunsanSouth Korea11.8 km
- JEONGEUPSouth Korea42.4 km
- BORYEONGSouth Korea47.7 km
- ChonjuSouth Korea48.9 km
- GOCHANGSouth Korea61.2 km
- TaejonSouth Korea83.2 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), 1951 to 1967 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |