Seoul Morning, Coldest This Winter So Far

Reporter Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Hyun-ui] On the 18th, the morning temperature in Seoul dropped to minus 11 degrees Celsius, marking the coldest day this winter so far.

In Seoul, the temperature fell to minus 11 degrees Celsius at 7 a.m., recording the lowest temperature this winter. Eunpyeong-gu, which is close to Bukhansan Mountain and generally colder than other districts, recorded minus 14 degrees Celsius at the same time.

Other locations at 7 a.m. showed temperatures of minus 14 degrees Celsius in Paju, Gyeonggi-do; minus 14.5 degrees Celsius in Cheorwon, Gangwon-do; minus 14.1 degrees Celsius in Taebaek; minus 11.3 degrees Celsius in Daejeon; minus 8.2 degrees Celsius in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do; minus 7.5 degrees Celsius in Gwangju; minus 8.7 degrees Celsius in Daegu; minus 8.2 degrees Celsius in Ulsan; and minus 6.5 degrees Celsius in Busan. Except for Jeju, the entire country experienced subzero temperatures. Daegwallyeong, Gangwon-do, recorded minus 16.3 degrees Celsius at 7 a.m.

In addition to the temperature drop, winds blowing at about 3 meters per second made the wind chill feel even colder.

The Korea Meteorological Administration forecasted that from the afternoon of the 18th, winds would gradually strengthen, with strong winds reaching speeds of 30 to 60 km/h (gusts exceeding 70 km/h) expected in the mountainous areas of Gangwon, northeastern mountainous areas of Gyeongbuk, and the eastern coast of Gyeongbuk from the night of the 18th through the 20th.

Strong winds around 55 km/h are expected along the west coast and Jeju from the afternoon of the 18th to the 19th, and along the eastern coast of Gangwon and the southern coast until the 19th.

Heavy snowfall is expected mainly in the Seoul metropolitan area and the Yeongseo region of Gangwon during the afternoon and night of the 18th.

This snowfall is expected to be heavy but short-lived. The snow will ease during the night but will resume again in the early morning of the 19th.

Expected snowfall amounts are 3 to 8 cm in Seoul, inland Gyeonggi, inland and mountainous areas of Gangwon, and mountainous areas of Jeju; 1 to 5 cm in Incheon, the west coast of Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, Jeolla, the five western islands, Jeju excluding mountainous areas, northern inland Gyeongbuk, Ulleungdo, and Dokdo; around 1 cm in southwestern inland Gyeongbuk and western inland Gyeongnam; and less than 0.1 cm in southeastern inland Gyeongbuk.

From the afternoon of the 18th, temperatures will gradually rise, returning to average levels on Sunday, the 19th.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.