Seoul records first snowfall, 26 days earlier than last year
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- Seoul recorded its first snowfall of the season on Sunday at 10 a.m. at a Songwol-dong weather station in Jongno-gu, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration.
- The snow arrived 26 days earlier than last year and 12 days ahead of the seasonal average.
- The agency also reported Seoul's first seasonal ice on Saturday, marking ipdong, the lunar calendar onset of winter.
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Why It Matters
Early November snowfall is not unprecedented in Seoul. The first snow was also observed on Nov. 8 in 2002 and 2010. The earliest first snowfall since 1973 was recorded on Oct. 23, 1981.
Seoul recorded its first snowfall of the season on Sunday, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration.
The first snow was observed at 10 a.m. at a weather station in Songwol-dong, Jongno-gu, the weather agency said. It was 26 days earlier than last year and 12 days ahead of the seasonal average.
The official date of Seoul's first snowfall is based on observations at weather stations, rather than by when it is first seen by residents.
Early November snowfall is not unprecedented in Seoul. The first snow was also observed on Nov. 8 in 2002 and 2010. The earliest first snowfall since 1973 was recorded on Oct. 23, 1981.
On Saturday, which marked "ipdong," or the onset of the winter on the lunar calendar, the weather agency reported the first ice of the season in Seoul.
