Jeju Island Sees Snow 18 Days Earlier Than Last Year

Winter is coming early to Jeju island and South Korea:

The first snow of the season fell on Mount Halla on the southern resort island of Jeju on Sunday, as the morning temperature dropped below zero across the nation, the weather agency said.

Mount Halla, the highest peak in South Korea, experienced the first snow 18 days earlier than the one recorded a year earlier, as the temperature sharply fell, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).

South Korea was gripped by cold snaps across the nation, with the country’s northeastern Gangwon Province experiencing the coldest weather this fall.

As of 6 a.m., temperatures were minus 10.8 C on Mount Seorak of Gangwon Province and minus 7.7 C in Daegwallyeong Pass, located in a mountainous region in eastern South Korea.

Yonhap

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