On the morning of Oct. 2, the Hangang River flows toward the sea underneath a clear, blue sky.
After a day of rain, the coldest morning of the season so far was on Oct. 2. Indeed, this year the word ‘cold’ is not inappropriate for early October. People have begun to don thick jackets that have been sitting in closets all summer, and some commuters even wore scarves.
The national weather center said that the mercury went down to 8.6 degrees Celsius at 7 a.m. on Oct. 2, about 10 degrees lower than the day before. This has been the lowest temperature so far this autumn, and Daejeon saw 8.1 degrees, Jeonju 9.4 degrees, Gwangju 11.3 degrees and Busan 13 degrees Celsius. Atop Seoraksan Mountain, temperatures were even below zero and ice has now formed 5 days earlier than it did last year.
Finally, the weather center said that it will be sunny until Oct. 12 and that the daily temperature range between nighttime lows and afternoon highs will be larger than usual.
By Jeon Han, Shin Jae-won
Photos: Jeon Han
Korea.net Staff Writers
hanjeon@korea.kr
With the rice stalks only coming up to their waists, scarecrows stand in a sunlit field on Nodeulsum Island in the middle of the Hangang River on Oct 2. The community gardens on the island have rice, various vegetables and some fruit waiting for harvest.
Commuters had to don jackets and scarves before heading to work on the morning of Oct. 2. The national weather center said that normal autumn daily temperature variances of about 10 degrees Celsius will continue over the next week or so.
