26th day of sleepless nights in Seoul… The ‘longest’ tropical night in 118 years

(Seoul = News 1) Hwang Deok-hyeon, climate and environment reporter = Seoul’s tropical night continues for 26 days until the morning of the 16th. If the tropical night continues tonight, which is equal to the longest record recorded in 2018, it is expected to be the longest tropical night recorded in 118 years.

In Busan, tropical nights continue for 22 days. It has already surpassed the tropical night records set in 2018, the hottest year on record, and in 1994, when the worst heat wave of the 20th century era’.

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration on the 16th, as of 6 a.m. today, tropical nights continued in Seoul for the 26th day from July 21, in Busan for the 22nd day from July 25, and in Jeju for the 32nd day from July. 15. The lowest morning temperature in Seoul is 26.8 degrees, Busan 26.3 degrees, and Jeju 25.4 degrees.

The number of tropical nights in Seoul was tied for 26th in 2018 (July 21 – August 15).

However, in terms of the same number of tropical nights, the latter figure is placed at the top, and the record for the longest tropical night for 118 years since 1907 was broken on the morning of the 16th.

The tropical night in Seoul is expected to continue at this time, so the record for the longest tropical night in Seoul is expected to change every day after the weekend until next week.

In Busan, on this day, since 1904, when modern meteorological observation began, new records of 21 consecutive tropical nights in 1994 and 2018 were set.

This year’s tropical night in Busan will last until Monday the 19th after the weekend, and the longest record could extend to about 24 days.

According to the Busan Regional Meteorological Administration, the minimum temperature on the morning of Tuesday the 20th is expected to be 24 degrees, predicting that a brief respite from the continuous tropical nights may be possible.

Jeju’s tropical night has continued for more than a month. Jeju’s longest tropical night record was 44 days in 2013 (July 12 to August 24).

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