Sancheong

Sancheong
산청
—  County  —
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul 산청군
 • Hanja 山淸郡
 • Revised Romanization Sancheong-gun
 • McCune-Reischauer Sanch'ŏng-gun

Emblem of Sancheong
Country  South Korea
Region Yeongnam
Administrative divisions 1 eup, 10 myeon
Area
 • Total 794.59 km2 (306.8 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 • Total 39,863
 • Density 50.2/km2 (130/sq mi)
 • Dialect Gyeongsang

Sancheong County (Sancheong-gun) is a county in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.

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Climate

Climate data for Sancheong (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 6.0
(42.8)
8.4
(47.1)
13.4
(56.1)
20.0
(68.0)
24.6
(76.3)
27.5
(81.5)
29.5
(85.1)
30.3
(86.5)
26.6
(79.9)
21.9
(71.4)
14.9
(58.8)
8.7
(47.7)
19.3
(66.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 0.1
(32.2)
2.0
(35.6)
6.6
(43.9)
12.7
(54.9)
17.5
(63.5)
21.4
(70.5)
24.6
(76.3)
25.0
(77.0)
20.2
(68.4)
14.0
(57.2)
7.6
(45.7)
2.1
(35.8)
12.8
(55.0)
Average low °C (°F) −4.7
(23.5)
−3.4
(25.9)
0.6
(33.1)
5.9
(42.6)
11.0
(51.8)
16.4
(61.5)
20.9
(69.6)
21.2
(70.2)
15.7
(60.3)
8.2
(46.8)
1.9
(35.4)
−3.1
(26.4)
7.6
(45.7)
Precipitation mm (inches) 28.4
(1.118)
43.9
(1.728)
68.5
(2.697)
97.5
(3.839)
104.3
(4.106)
193.9
(7.634)
324.8
(12.787)
366.9
(14.445)
222.3
(8.752)
48.3
(1.902)
38.5
(1.516)
19.3
(0.76)
1,556.6
(61.283)
humidity 58.5 58.7 59.0 58.7 64.1 71.3 78.4 78.1 76.1 70.0 65.3 60.9 66.6
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 4.9 5.5 7.3 8.3 8.7 9.5 14.1 13.4 8.7 4.7 5.3 4.0 94.4
Sunshine hours 172.9 178.3 207.6 224.2 231.6 189.8 171.3 176.4 169.0 197.2 163.5 161.1 2,244.4
Source: Korea Meteorological Administration [1]

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