South Korea records highest average summer temperature on record
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Seoul: South Korea recorded its highest average summertime temperature since such records began half a century ago, the weather agency said Thursday,...
Seoul: South Korea recorded its highest average summertime temperature since such records began half a century ago, the weather agency said Thursday, nearly two degrees higher than the historic average.
From June to August, the average temperature in the country was 25.6 degrees Celsius (78.08 Fahrenheit), the Korea Meteorological Administration said.
That is the highest figure since the agency set up nationwide observation posts to gather such data in 1973, it said, and is 1.9 degrees higher than the historical average for the summer period.
"From mid-June, temperatures remained higher than in previous years, even during the monsoon season when temperatures traditionally drop," the KMA said.
The head of the KMA, Jang Dong-un, said climate change was altering South Korea's weather patterns.
