Seoul Sees First Snowfall One Month Earlier than Last Year

The first snow of the season has arrived in Seoul:

Tourists walk along a snow-covered trail at Mount Balwang in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, Sunday. Yonhap

Seoul recorded its first snowfall of the season Sunday, nearly a month earlier than last year, with light flurries observed in the capital.

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), the first snow was observed at the Seoul Meteorological Observatory in Jongno District.

The snowfall came 26 days earlier than last year and 12 days ahead of the seasonal average. It marked the sixth-earliest first snowfall since nationwide weather records began in 1973. Seoul’s earliest first snowfall on record occurred on Oct. 23, 1981.

Korea Times

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