South Korea

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
South Korea	-	-	0.95 ± 0.20	1.31 ± 0.10	2.00 ± 0.21	0.36 ± 0.40
Eastern Asia	-	0.78 ± 0.20	0.93 ± 0.19	1.23 ± 0.13	2.19 ± 0.24	1.64 ± 0.38
Asia	-	0.82 ± 0.18	1.00 ± 0.15	1.35 ± 0.09	2.57 ± 0.24	3.13 ± 0.25
Northern Hemisphere	-	0.79 ± 0.16	0.96 ± 0.10	1.19 ± 0.05	2.56 ± 0.20	3.56 ± 0.20
Global Land	0.43 ± 0.18	0.79 ± 0.13	0.91 ± 0.08	1.11 ± 0.03	2.16 ± 0.11	2.78 ± 0.13

Temperature Record Months and Years

Seasonal Changes

Regional Climate Variability

Difference from Global Land Average ( °C, 95% range )

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	± 2.13	± 0.84	± 0.35	± 0.24	± 0.18

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.41	0.72	0.93	0.96	0.97

Variability in Monthly Means ( °C, 95% range )

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 2.96	± 2.75	± 2.07	± 1.64	± 1.23	± 1.29
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 2.16	± 1.77	± 1.39	± 1.60	± 2.25	± 2.78

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range