The ‘first snow’ arrived very early in Seoul… 26 days earlier than last year and 12 days earlier than normal (comprehensive)

The first snow of this fall fell in Seoul on the 8th.

A pressure trough passed in the north of Korea, causing raindrops and light snow to fall in the metropolitan area and Gangwon this morning. Meanwhile, snow was observed in Seoul.

In the case of Seoul, it is said that it has snowed when an observer at the Seoul Meteorological Observatory in Jongno-gu visually confirms that it is snowing.

This year, the first snow in Seoul came 26 days earlier than last year and 12 days earlier than the average year (1991-2020 average).

It is also the sixth earliest snowfall since 1973, when the weather observation network was expanded across the country and became the standard for various weather records.

The earliest year the first snow fell in Seoul was 1981, with the first snow falling on October 23rd.

The first snow followed in 1980 (October 25th), 1997 (October 30th), 1995 (November 1st), and 2006 (November 6th). The first snow fell on November 8 in 2002 and 2010, but in accordance with the principle of prioritizing recent events in weather records, this year became the 6th year in which the first snow fell early.

On this day, rain will continue in the metropolitan area and Gangwon (rain or snow in northeastern Gyeonggi and Gangwon inland and mountainous areas), and rain will also fall in northern Chungcheongnam-do, central and northern Chungcheongbuk-do, and northern Gyeongbuk in the evening. The rain is expected to stop for most of the night.

Also, some raindrops will fall in Chungcheong and Jeju from the afternoon to night, and in central and southern Gyeongbuk at night.