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== Climate == Incheon has a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Cwa'') using the {{Convert|-3|C|F}} isotherm,<ref name = kottek>{{cite journal| last = Kottek| first = M.| author2 = J. Grieser| author3 = C. Beck| author4 = B. Rudolf| author5 = F. Rubel| title = World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated| journal = Meteorol. Z.| volume = 15| pages = 259–263| url = http://www.schweizerbart.de/resources/downloads/paper_free/55034.pdf| doi = 10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130| access-date = 8 December 2012| year = 2006| issue = 3| bibcode = 2006MetZe..15..259K| archive-date = 12 April 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190412021016/http://www.schweizerbart.de/resources/downloads/paper_free/55034.pdf| url-status = live}}</ref> and [[humid continental climate]]<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author1=Peel, M. C. | author2=Finlayson B. L. | author3=McMahon, T. A. | name-list-style=amp | year=2007 | title=Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification | journal=Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume=11 | issue=5 | pages=1633–1644 | doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 | url=https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.pdf | issn=1027-5606 | bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | doi-access=free | access-date=25 March 2022 | archive-date=2 December 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202204538/https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dwa'', respectively) using the {{Convert|0|C|F}} isotherm. Like other metropolitan cities, Incheon has a strong [[urban heat island]] effect.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://meteo.geo.uni.lodz.pl/icuc5/text/P_2_4.pdf |title=MAXIMUM URBAN HEAT ISLAND INTENSITY IN LARGE CITIES OF KOREA |author1=Yeon-Hee Kim |author2=Jong-Jin Baik |author3=Byoung-Cheol Choi |website=[[University of Łódź]] |access-date=23 January 2018 |archive-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123191003/http://meteo.geo.uni.lodz.pl/icuc5/text/P_2_4.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Incheon's climate is about average compared to the rest of Korea, with 8 locations being cooler and 10 locations being warmer, and with 9 locations being wetter and 9 locations being drier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.climate-charts.com/Locations/k/KO47112.php|title=Inchon, Korea: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data|work=climate-charts.com|access-date=31 July 2008|archive-date=14 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114064037/http://www.climate-charts.com/Locations/k/KO47112.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Incheon experiences each of its four seasons, distinctly feeling the rise and fall of temperature and humidity. The temperature however, never rises to an extreme, and the climate of the city is essentially mild. Incheon is swept by the seasonal winds as the northwesterly winds strike the city in the winter and the summer in Incheon is affected by gusts of the warm southwesterly winds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiarooms.com/travel-guide/south-korea/incheon/incheon--overview/-incheon-weather.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513231114/http://www.asiarooms.com/travel-guide/south-korea/incheon/incheon--overview/-incheon-weather.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=13 May 2008|title=AsiaRooms – LateRooms – Last Minute Hotel Deals & Cheap Hotels|work=asiarooms.com}}</ref> {{Weather box | location = Incheon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1904–present) | metric first = Y | single line = Y | Jan record high C = 15.8 | Feb record high C = 18.2 | Mar record high C = 21.9 | Apr record high C = 32.7 | May record high C = 31.2 | Jun record high C = 33.8 | Jul record high C = 38.9 | Aug record high C = 38.9 | Sep record high C = 33.4 | Oct record high C = 28.6 | Nov record high C = 26.2 | Dec record high C = 17.5 | year record high C = 38.9 | Jan high C = 2.2 | Feb high C = 4.8 | Mar high C = 10.1 | Apr high C = 16.2 | May high C = 21.6 | Jun high C = 25.6 | Jul high C = 27.8 | Aug high C = 29.2 | Sep high C = 25.8 | Oct high C = 19.9 | Nov high C = 12.0 | Dec high C = 4.5 | year high C = 16.6 | Jan mean C = −1.5 | Feb mean C = 0.7 | Mar mean C = 5.6 | Apr mean C = 11.5 | May mean C = 16.8 | Jun mean C = 21.3 | Jul mean C = 24.4 | Aug mean C = 25.6 | Sep mean C = 21.5 | Oct mean C = 15.3 | Nov mean C = 7.9 | Dec mean C = 0.7 | year mean C = 12.5 | Jan low C = -4.8 | Feb low C = -2.8 | Mar low C = 2.1 | Apr low C = 7.9 | May low C = 13.1 | Jun low C = 18.0 | Jul low C = 21.8 | Aug low C = 22.9 | Sep low C = 18.1 | Oct low C = 11.4 | Nov low C = 4.3 | Dec low C = -2.7 | year low C = 9.1 | Jan record low C = -21.0 | Feb record low C = -18.4 | Mar record low C = -13.8 | Apr record low C = -3.6 | May record low C = 3.4 | Jun record low C = 8.7 | Jul record low C = 12.8 | Aug record low C = 14.4 | Sep record low C = 5.3 | Oct record low C = -3.2 | Nov record low C = -12.0 | Dec record low C = -18.6 | year record low C = -21.0 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 15.9 | Feb precipitation mm = 25.1 | Mar precipitation mm = 33.8 | Apr precipitation mm = 63.5 | May precipitation mm = 96.3 | Jun precipitation mm = 106.0 | Jul precipitation mm = 337.7 | Aug precipitation mm = 274.6 | Sep precipitation mm = 130.3 | Oct precipitation mm = 51.1 | Nov precipitation mm = 50.8 | Dec precipitation mm = 22.3 | year precipitation mm = 1207.4 | Jan humidity = 61.1 | Feb humidity = 61.2 | Mar humidity = 63.4 | Apr humidity = 64.5 | May humidity = 69.8 | Jun humidity = 75.9 | Jul humidity = 83.8 | Aug humidity = 80.1 | Sep humidity = 72.9 | Oct humidity = 66.7 | Nov humidity = 64.3 | Dec humidity = 61.8 | year humidity = 68.8 | unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 5.9 | Feb precipitation days = 5.2 | Mar precipitation days = 5.9 | Apr precipitation days = 7.9 | May precipitation days = 8.4 | Jun precipitation days = 9.5 | Jul precipitation days = 15.0 | Aug precipitation days = 12.4 | Sep precipitation days = 8.1 | Oct precipitation days = 6.0 | Nov precipitation days = 8.6 | Dec precipitation days = 7.7 | year precipitation days = 100.6 | Jan snow days = 7.1 | Feb snow days = 4.4 | Mar snow days = 2.0 | Apr snow days = 0.2 | May snow days = 0.0 | Jun snow days = 0.0 | Jul snow days = 0.0 | Aug snow days = 0.0 | Sep snow days = 0.0 | Oct snow days = 0.0 | Nov snow days = 1.8 | Dec snow days = 6.6 | year snow days = 22.1 | Jan sun = 186.6 | Feb sun = 188.5 | Mar sun = 215.3 | Apr sun = 220.0 | May sun = 239.5 | Jun sun = 212.5 | Jul sun = 159.7 | Aug sun = 189.8 | Sep sun = 200.4 | Oct sun = 219.1 | Nov sun = 170.2 | Dec sun = 176.7 | year sun = 2378.3 | Jan percentsun = 58.0 | Feb percentsun = 59.5 | Mar percentsun = 55.3 | Apr percentsun = 55.6 | May percentsun = 52.7 | Jun percentsun = 46.1 | Jul percentsun = 35.0 | Aug percentsun = 45.4 | Sep percentsun = 52.9 | Oct percentsun = 60.6 | Nov percentsun = 55.2 | Dec percentsun = 57.3 | year percentsun = 52.0 | source = [[Korea Meteorological Administration]] (percent sunshine 1981–2010)<ref name=KMA>{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129211110/https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf | archive-date = 29 January 2022 | url = https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf | title = Climatological Normals of Korea (1991 ~ 2020) | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 4 April 2022 | pages = II-29, II-30, II-468 | language = ko}}</ref><ref name= KMAextremes>{{cite web | url = https://data.kma.go.kr/climate/extremum/selectExtremumList.do?pgmNo=103 | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 16 October 2021 | script-title = ko:순위값 – 구역별조회 | language = ko | archive-date = 7 October 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211007220002/https://data.kma.go.kr/climate/extremum/selectExtremumList.do?pgmNo=103 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name= KMAnormals> {{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161207185450/http://www.kma.go.kr/down/Climatological_2010.pdf | archive-date = 7 December 2016 | url = http://www.kma.go.kr/down/Climatological_2010.pdf | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 8 December 2016 | title = Climatological Normals of Korea | date = 2011 | page = 499 and 649}}</ref> }} {{Weather box | collapsed = Y | location = [[Ganghwa County]], Incheon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1972–present) | metric first = Y | single line = Y | Jan record high C = 12.6 | Feb record high C = 17.4 | Mar record high C = 22.3 | Apr record high C = 29.2 | May record high C = 31.0 | Jun record high C = 33.2 | Jul record high C = 35.5 | Aug record high C = 35.8 | Sep record high C = 31.7 | Oct record high C = 28.3 | Nov record high C = 23.8 | Dec record high C = 16.0 | year record high C = 35.8 | Jan high C = 1.7 | Feb high C = 4.5 | Mar high C = 9.8 | Apr high C = 16.2 | May high C = 21.4 | Jun high C = 25.4 | Jul high C = 27.6 | Aug high C = 29.0 | Sep high C = 25.5 | Oct high C = 19.5 | Nov high C = 11.5 | Dec high C = 3.9 | year high C = 16.3 | Jan mean C = -3.2 | Feb mean C = -0.7 | Mar mean C = 4.6 | Apr mean C = 10.7 | May mean C = 16.0 | Jun mean C = 20.5 | Jul mean C = 23.7 | Aug mean C = 24.7 | Sep mean C = 20.2 | Oct mean C = 13.7 | Nov mean C = 6.3 | Dec mean C = -0.9 | year mean C = 11.3 | Jan low C = -8.1 | Feb low C = -5.8 | Mar low C = -0.6 | Apr low C = 5.3 | May low C = 11.0 | Jun low C = 16.3 | Jul low C = 20.6 | Aug low C = 21.2 | Sep low C = 15.6 | Oct low C = 8.1 | Nov low C = 1.2 | Dec low C = -5.7 | year low C = 6.6 | Jan record low C = -22.5 | Feb record low C = -19.4 | Mar record low C = -11.3 | Apr record low C = -4.4 | May record low C = 1.6 | Jun record low C = 6.9 | Jul record low C = 12.7 | Aug record low C = 12.5 | Sep record low C = 3.0 | Oct record low C = -4.2 | Nov record low C = -12.0 | Dec record low C = -19.8 | year record low C = -22.5 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 15.6 | Feb precipitation mm = 22.5 | Mar precipitation mm = 31.4 | Apr precipitation mm = 64.9 | May precipitation mm = 110.9 | Jun precipitation mm = 110.0 | Jul precipitation mm = 355.6 | Aug precipitation mm = 300.4 | Sep precipitation mm = 131.5 | Oct precipitation mm = 55.8 | Nov precipitation mm = 46.3 | Dec precipitation mm = 21.3 | year precipitation mm = 1266.2 | unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 5.0 | Feb precipitation days = 4.8 | Mar precipitation days = 6.0 | Apr precipitation days = 7.5 | May precipitation days = 8.2 | Jun precipitation days = 8.6 | Jul precipitation days = 14.1 | Aug precipitation days = 11.9 | Sep precipitation days = 7.4 | Oct precipitation days = 5.6 | Nov precipitation days = 7.5 | Dec precipitation days = 6.6 | year precipitation days = | Jan snow days = 7.3 | Feb snow days = 4.3 | Mar snow days = 2.4 | Apr snow days = 0.2 | May snow days = 0.0 | Jun snow days = 0.0 | Jul snow days = 0.0 | Aug snow days = 0.0 | Sep snow days = 0.0 | Oct snow days = 0.1 | Nov snow days = 1.5 | Dec snow days = 5.1 | year snow days = 20.6 | Jan humidity = 63.6 | Feb humidity = 61.0 | Mar humidity = 61.4 | Apr humidity = 62.4 | May humidity = 68.6 | Jun humidity = 75.1 | Jul humidity = 82.8 | Aug humidity = 79.9 | Sep humidity = 73.8 | Oct humidity = 68.9 | Nov humidity = 67.8 | Dec humidity = 65.4 | year humidity = 69.2 | Jan sun = 186.2 | Feb sun = 186.5 | Mar sun = 217.0 | Apr sun = 221.7 | May sun = 235.3 | Jun sun = 208.5 | Jul sun = 153.0 | Aug sun = 184.9 | Sep sun = 203.8 | Oct sun = 214.3 | Nov sun = 166.0 | Dec sun = 171.8 | year sun = 2349.0 | Jan percentsun = 58.7 | Feb percentsun = 61.8 | Mar percentsun = 58.9 | Apr percentsun = 59.0 | May percentsun = 54.8 | Jun percentsun = 50.0 | Jul percentsun = 38.6 | Aug percentsun = 47.7 | Sep percentsun = 57.4 | Oct percentsun = 63.3 | Nov percentsun = 55.7 | Dec percentsun = 55.6 | year percentsun = 54.6 | source = [[Korea Meteorological Administration]] (percent sunshine 1981–2010)<ref name= KMA/><ref name= KMAextremes/><ref name= KMAnormals/> }} {{Weather box | collapsed = Y | location = [[Baengnyeongdo]], [[Ongjin County, Incheon|Ongjin County]], Incheon (2001–2020 normals, extremes 2000–present) | metric first = Y | single line = Y | Jan record high C = 9.4 | Feb record high C = 15.5 | Mar record high C = 17.3 | Apr record high C = 23.7 | May record high C = 28.1 | Jun record high C = 30.0 | Jul record high C = 33.5 | Aug record high C = 33.2 | Sep record high C = 29.9 | Oct record high C = 25.6 | Nov record high C = 20.3 | Dec record high C = 13.8 | year record high C = 33.5 | Jan high C = 1.2 | Feb high C = 2.8 | Mar high C = 7.1 | Apr high C = 13.0 | May high C = 18.7 | Jun high C = 22.9 | Jul high C = 25.4 | Aug high C = 26.9 | Sep high C = 23.5 | Oct high C = 17.7 | Nov high C = 10.6 | Dec high C = 3.8 | year high C = 14.5 | Jan mean C = -1.3 | Feb mean C = 0.0 | Mar mean C = 3.8 | Apr mean C = 9.1 | May mean C = 14.5 | Jun mean C = 19.0 | Jul mean C = 22.3 | Aug mean C = 23.8 | Sep mean C = 20.1 | Oct mean C = 14.7 | Nov mean C = 7.9 | Dec mean C = 1.2 | year mean C = 11.3 | Jan low C = -3.4 | Feb low C = -2.2 | Mar low C = 1.3 | Apr low C = 6.0 | May low C = 11.1 | Jun low C = 16.1 | Jul low C = 19.9 | Aug low C = 21.5 | Sep low C = 17.8 | Oct low C = 12.3 | Nov low C = 5.5 | Dec low C = -1.1 | year low C = 8.7 | Jan record low C = -17.4 | Feb record low C = -15.3 | Mar record low C = -7.7 | Apr record low C = 0.5 | May record low C = 5.0 | Jun record low C = 7.3 | Jul record low C = 13.0 | Aug record low C = 14.1 | Sep record low C = 10.7 | Oct record low C = 2.1 | Nov record low C = -3.9 | Dec record low C = -11.3 | year record low C = -17.4 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 13.3 | Feb precipitation mm = 17.4 | Mar precipitation mm = 18.2 | Apr precipitation mm = 47.5 | May precipitation mm = 74.3 | Jun precipitation mm = 72.0 | Jul precipitation mm = 201.0 | Aug precipitation mm = 158.5 | Sep precipitation mm = 90.6 | Oct precipitation mm = 31.0 | Nov precipitation mm = 41.9 | Dec precipitation mm = 21.6 | year precipitation mm = 787.3 | Jan humidity = 63.4 | Feb humidity = 63.0 | Mar humidity = 65.5 | Apr humidity = 65.7 | May humidity = 70.1 | Jun humidity = 80.2 | Jul humidity = 88.0 | Aug humidity = 83.7 | Sep humidity = 75.9 | Oct humidity = 67.8 | Nov humidity = 64.7 | Dec humidity = 63.8 | year humidity = 71.0 | unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 7.4 | Feb precipitation days = 4.8 | Mar precipitation days = 5.3 | Apr precipitation days = 6.9 | May precipitation days = 8.1 | Jun precipitation days = 10.0 | Jul precipitation days = 13.9 | Aug precipitation days = 11.1 | Sep precipitation days = 6.7 | Oct precipitation days = 5.0 | Nov precipitation days = 8.5 | Dec precipitation days = 9.9 | year precipitation days = 97.6 | Jan snow days = 11.0 | Feb snow days = 6.2 | Mar snow days = 2.3 | Apr snow days = 0.1 | May snow days = 0.0 | Jun snow days = 0.0 | Jul snow days = 0.0 | Aug snow days = 0.0 | Sep snow days = 0.0 | Oct snow days = 0.2 | Nov snow days = 3.0 | Dec snow days = 12.7 | year snow days = 35.5 | Jan sun = 139.9 | Feb sun = 166.6 | Mar sun = 216.9 | Apr sun = 219.3 | May sun = 239.6 | Jun sun = 191.0 | Jul sun = 136.7 | Aug sun = 189.6 | Sep sun = 212.4 | Oct sun = 217.6 | Nov sun = 146.7 | Dec sun = 117.3 | year sun = 2193.6 | Jan percentsun = 43.3 | Feb percentsun = 54.3 | Mar percentsun = 53.9 | Apr percentsun = 53.0 | May percentsun = 51.4 | Jun percentsun = 38.6 | Jul percentsun = 28.6 | Aug percentsun = 40.8 | Sep percentsun = 54.5 | Oct percentsun = 60.6 | Nov percentsun = 49.3 | Dec percentsun = 37.9 | year percentsun = 46.8 | source = [[Korea Meteorological Administration]] (percent sunshine 1981–2010)<ref name= KMA/><ref name= KMAextremes/><ref name= KMAnormals/> }}
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