Location and Climate
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- Location and Climate
Location
Yeongcheon city is located southeasterly 350 km from Seoul and is also situated on the southeastern part of Gyeongsangbuk-do. Yeongcheon city is the pivotal city of Gyeongsangbuk-do, bordering Gyeongju city and Pohang city eastward, Gyeongsan city and Daegu Metropolitan City westward, Cheongdo-gun southward and Cheongsong-gun and Gunwie-gun northward.
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| End point | The name of a place | The extreme point | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The East Longitude | The North longitude | |||
| Eastern end | Imgo-myeon Suseong-ri San 96-1 |
129o 08' 42 second | 36o 03' 08 second | East to west 40.75km |
| Western end | Sinnyeom-myeon Chisan-ri San 141-5 |
128o 41' 41 second | 36o 00' 48 second | |
| Southern end | Daechang-myeon Yongho-ri San 13 |
128o 56' 57 second | 35o 50' 03 second | South to north 38.64km |
| Northern end | Hwabuk-myeon Hasong-ri San 56 |
128o 55' 08 second | 36o 10' 54 second | |
Climate
Yeongcheon has temperate monsoon climate whose temperature difference is quite large between summer and winter seasons, which is typical to Korea peninsular
In summer season, Yeongcheon has a climate of high temperature and humidity influenced by oceanic climate while it shows cold and dry climate in the winter time due to a continental climate, thus resulting in extremely large temperature differences in both in summer and winter.
The average, the highest and the lowest temperatures for the last 30 years were 12.25oC and 39.4oC(1994.7.20), -20.5oC(1981.1.17) respectively, while average precipitation and sunshine duration per year are 1,021.8mm and 2,310 hours.
Weather statistics(Average value during 1971~2000 complied by the meteorological office)
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| Classification | Average temperature |
Precipitation | Average wind velocity |
Relative humidity |
Sunshine duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.3 | 23.6 | 2.3 | 59.0 | 179.8 |
| February | 0.8 | 26.6 | 2.2 | 58.7 | 179.2 |
| March | 5.7 | 48.9 | 2.1 | 61.0 | 205.2 |
| April | 12.3 | 76.0 | 2.0 | 59.0 | 220.3 |
| May | 17.2 | 78.5 | 1.6 | 62.3 | 233.6 |
| June | 21.2 | 140.5 | 1.5 | 70.3 | 195.8 |
| July | 24.7 | 199.9 | 1.3 | 75.8 | 179.8 |
| August | 25.1 | 203.9 | 1.2 | 75.6 | 196.8 |
| September | 19.8 | 128.8 | 1.1 | 74.3 | 180.5 |
| October | 13.6 | 41.4 | 1.2 | 69.2 | 200.0 |
| November | 6.9 | 38.2 | 1.7 | 66.6 | 166.8 |
| December | 0.9 | 15.4 | 2.0 | 62.9 | 170.5 |