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[VanIslander]

September 18th.

I was just listening to a Kelowna radio station online, 11 pm here and 7am back there in the Canadian western province of B.C. Okanagan valley, and I just heard them say...

"It's getting nice outside in the early morning sun. It's 10 C now."

The overnight low here in this southernmost Korean town is 22 C. And of course with the humidity it feels warmer than that, windows open all night, sheet, no blanket, even fan on to get any semblance of coolness.

[ESL Milk "Everyday]

I can't wait for it to get cool, or at least get to the point where I'm not walking into work dripping with sweat... if only so I don't stand out as much.

[sojourner1]

Korean September is just the most perfectly pleasant weather you can ask for. It's often really nice in Missouri during September and October like this too. In Korea, Winter comes a month earlier and leaves a month later than at home though this varies from year to year. Every year is so different and it's hard to compare, but I noticed Korea has more needle trees so it's seems like a more Northern type of climate.

[Papa Smurf]

[caniff]

Still too damn hot.

[crusher_of_heads]

I have never looked forward to October until moving to SOUTH
korea

[Ya-ta Boy]

The last few days have been warmer than usual. Above 30. I haven't noticed the humidity. It feels dry to me. What I love is that as soon as the sun goes down the temp drops like a rock. I've had a light blanket on my bed for several weeks now. It should stay like this until the very end of October. At least it used to, but this summer we only had two or three weeks of real summer, so who knows.

I agree--warm days, cool nights. Perfect.

[VanIslander]

There's nothing unusual about this weather in my experience! and by stats, June = September in terms of average high and low temperatures for the month.

September is a summer month here even though the locals insist otherwise. I recall typhoon maemi hit during the Chuseok weekend of 2003 and it was so hot that the four days without electricity brought on by the massive storm forced hundreds of Koreans to jump into the beach waters on Geoje, which of course were plenty warm, nice to swim and wade around in, but in none of the septembers since had I seen locals dare put their toes in the water come September 1st, because August 31st is the end of summer.

[jkelly80]

The mornings and nights are nice in Seoul, but mid day still isn't pretty

[DrOctagon]

The weather isn't as extreme as it is in Chicago. It rarely drops below freezing on the island and doesn't snow unless you live in the highlands. It gets hot in the summer, but again, I don't think they get the heatwaves like back home. It's probably more humid though. I have yet to experience the hottest months here, and I'm not looking forward to them. I hate hot weather.

[Faunaki]

My parents come from nothern Manitoba. There has already been two frosts. Then again, sometimes they get snow in the summer. Likewise, I come from Calgary, Alberta - same story but sometimes it's -40C in the winter and then next day it's 2C. No wonder everyone gets the flu there.

One thing that makes me feel good about Korea is the weather.

[Bryan]

I prefer Vancouver Island weather to Korean weather right now. But I won't be missing the rain come October.

[fortysixyou]

It's still a little too hot here I think. My apartment has south-facing windows, so it really heats up during the day. I have to blast the air-con when I sleep.

Back in north Texas is a little cooler than here (and a lot less humid) with highs around 26 C (78 F). Pretty nice.

I love Korea's weather from October to December. The rest of the time I find it a little poopy.

[Shauneyz]

Here in Daegu it feels like late July-early August back home in NY....it's manageable but annoying. We were hoping that the last typhoon would swerve and hit us to clean up the air a bit, but no such luck. =\

I definitely welcome autumn with open arms.

[nuthatch]

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