Abstract

This study analyzed the climate characteristics of 50 islands around the Korean Peninsula using AWS data observed over the past 20 years as raw data. The island region of the Korean Peninsula is located between 33° and 38° north latitude; when latitude increases by 1°, the average temperature decreases by 1℃. The average temperature on the islands was 13.77℃ during the study period, 1.37℃ higher than the average of 12.40℃ on the Korean peninsula during the same period. The annual range difference was 23.48 on the islands, which was 2.76℃ lower than the average 26.24℃ on the Korean peninsula. The temperature on the islands was lower than the national average from April to July but higher from August to March. The average annual precipitation on the islands was 1,125 ㎜, which was 220 ㎜ less than the national average. Annual precipitation on islands in the southern sea of Korea was greater than 1,300 ㎜, while that on Chungcheong Province and Gyeonggi Province was less than 1,000 ㎜. Some islands received only 700 ㎜ or less of annual precipitation. The island region showed 1.5 times stronger wind speed than the national average, and the deviation was significant in winter, especially that of an isolated island in the distant sea. Islands have a relatively warm, stable climate with a small range of temperature change. However, the regional variation in precipitation was considerable. This difference in distribution of precipitation is highly likely to create extreme weather in conjunction with climate change.

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