Climate

The weather of Sokcho-si is influenced by the continental climate of Korea , but geographically, as the city is sheltered by the mountains, facing sea, it is warm under the influence of the oceanic climate. The annual mean temperature is 11.8degrees, with the temperature difference of 45.6 from the highest median 34.0 degrees to the lowest median -11.6 degrees. The annual precipitation is 1,300 ㎜ , of which 1,159.8 ㎜ is evaporated, with a 89.2% evaporation rate. The median wind velocity is 3.1 ㎧ , which is quite strong, with the highest of 19.6 ㎧ .

Weather

Year	Temperature (℃)			Precipitation (㎜)	sunshine(hr)	Wind(m/s)
	Median	Highest	Lowest			Median velocity	Highest velocity
2003	11.7	33.2	-14.8	1899	1771.1	2.3	14.2
2004	13.2	37.1	-15.6	1587.3	2273.7	2.6	17.3
2005	12	36	-13.1	1349.2	2236.1	2.6	11.9
2006	11.9	33	-11.9	1609.2	1748.7	2.5	30.5
2007	13	35.3	-8.6	1264.7	1892.3	2.5	14
2008	13	34.7	-10.9	1415	2224.6	2.4	12.2
2009	12.8	32.4	-10	1420.1	2185.2	2.5	12.6
2010	12.3	35.1	-11.6	1283.6	2065.7	2.4	11.9
2011	12.1	35.7	-13.2	1656.1	2043.2	2.2	11.8
2012	12	34.7	-14.3	1217.7	2101	2.3	14.6
2013	12.9	35.8	-14.1	1115.7	2439.3	2.3	11.1
2014	13.2	34.6	-10.8	1099	2386	2.2	11.9
2015	12.6	35.4	-10.4	1127.7	2413.6	2.1	11.5
2016	12.8	35.9	-16.4	1333.8	2205.3	1.9	10.7
2017	13.1	34.9	-11.2	1208.2	2497.9	1.8	11.4
2018	12.6	38.7	-16.2	1777	2421.1	1.9	13.4
2019	13.8	36.1	-9	1355.5	2543.1	1.9	11
2020	13.3	35.1	-11.3	2085.8	2447.9	2.1	10.2
2021	13.2	33.8	-16.1	1199.7	2478.1	2	10