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wonkavite62
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
Location: Jeollanamdo, South Korea.
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 Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 6:48 am Post subject: Surviving The Korean Summer |
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I have been warned by co teachers that the rainy season is coming, followed by the typhoon season.The teachers generate the impression that the impression that effectively summer will be cancelled until September, rain will be torrential and incessant and life will be crap. But the teachers might be exaggerating slightly.
But I lived in Japan, and that year the rainy season was relatively gentle. There were still some hot sunny days. There were also quite a few typhoons, but again some good weather in between.
I live in the middle of the south coast of Korea. How bad is it likely to be? I don't want to stay in my apartment all the time unless there's a typhoon.
What is summer like in your experience? |
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Deja
Joined: 18 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:29 am Post subject: |
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Last few summers are CRAP (I only missed the 2012 summer since 2008).
It is the mild rain within sunny days that is worst rather - consider Singapore, Bali, Antaliya (Turkey) and you'll know what I mean  Humidity is awful, and Koreans tend to use A/C in public places like mad. It's as if entering a 10-15*C place from a 40*C (about 60*F difference). I am all water during summer.
I don't remember typhoons in Seoul though  |
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spilot101
Joined: 05 Sep 2012
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| Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:53 am Post subject: |
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| Deja wrote: |
I don't remember typhoons in Seoul though |
I do. Typhoon Olga in 1999.... |
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nicwr2002
Joined: 17 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| If you're from the South in America like me, then you will feel right at home! |
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tran.huongthu
Joined: 23 May 2011
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| Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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Last year was not too bad except for the odd typhoon. The year before it was absolute hell with flooding and torrential downpours a big problem.
Overall its bad but if you have a/c wherever you go then you shouldn't really be adversely affected. I still don't understand how so many people can enjoy the summer weather. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| Weather is weather. Its variable. Bank on at least a few fine summer days. Hit the beach. |
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transmogrifier
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 1:40 am Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
| Hit the beach. |
With roughly 1,435,432 people per square kilometer of sand |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 1:53 am Post subject: |
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| transmogrifier wrote: |
| schwa wrote: |
| Hit the beach. |
With roughly 1,435,432 people per square kilometer of sand |
Not in my neck of the woods. I was at the beach today with maybe 100 people spread along a half-kilometer of sand.
NE coast. Lots of unpeopled beaches. Two or three hours from Seoul. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:33 am Post subject: |
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| Deja wrote: |
Last few summers are CRAP (I only missed the 2012 summer since 2008).
It is the mild rain within sunny days that is worst rather - consider Singapore, Bali, Antaliya (Turkey) and you'll know what I mean Humidity is awful, and Koreans tend to use A/C in public places like mad. It's as if entering a 10-15*C place from a 40*C (about 60*F difference). I am all water during summer.
I don't remember typhoons in Seoul though |
Ha ha. Surely, you jest. Koreans don't turn it on enough and the schools are sweltering hot because they try to delay turning it on. When they do, it's set really high as a temperature. Uninsulated buildings and high temp setting means only marginally cooler. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| Summers here are awful. But it seems more rainy and muggy in more recent years. Think 2012's summer was more pleasant in comparison, though still bad. Back in the 2000's, didn't seem to rain as much. (Just my observation.) |
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denverdeath
Joined: 21 May 2005
Location: Boo-sahn
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| Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
| Summers here are awful. But it seems more rainy and muggy in more recent years. Think 2012's summer was more pleasant in comparison, though still bad. Back in the 2000's, didn't seem to rain as much. (Just my observation.) |
u mentioned the NEW millenium. anyway, i got here in '97, and it rained like god's h3llp1ssf1re for 3 wks straight before i entered the walls of sweat in daegu. sweltering awful AWFUL everywhere it seemed as i'm from the east coast of canada. i think i've finally adjusted after being here for more than 15 yrs. i've either adjusted to my wife not letting me turn the a/c on, or it's helped by walking more slowly (like a "dirty chinese" or "lazy filipino" according to many koreans), or i've actually REALLY gotten used to it. anyway, 15+ yrs is a long haul...korean summers DO suck. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 7:16 am Post subject: |
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| It'd be better if I could leave my window open at night to get a cool breeze, but I can't because i'd get woken up by noisy shouting koreans off the street. |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
| transmogrifier wrote: |
| schwa wrote: |
| Hit the beach. |
With roughly 1,435,432 people per square kilometer of sand |
Not in my neck of the woods. I was at the beach today with maybe 100 people spread along a half-kilometer of sand.
NE coast. Lots of unpeopled beaches. Two or three hours from Seoul. |
How's the water temperature there?
I went to a beach in Ulsan (진하해수욕장) and the water was freezing, only kids were swimming. I went to beach in Namhae (송정솔바람해변) and the water was warm, I was just floating around out there for a few hours! Also Namhae was pretty empty. |
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Deja
Joined: 18 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
| Ha ha. Surely, you jest. Koreans don't turn it on enough and the schools are sweltering hot because they try to delay turning it on. When they do, it's set really high as a temperature. Uninsulated buildings and high temp setting means only marginally cooler. |
I'm not an ESLer, so I don't visit schools 
I do visit public places, hotels, business places, dpt. stores. All of which seemed to hit it to 15*C.
It could just be the impression due to extremely high humidity though. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Deja wrote: |
| Weigookin74 wrote: |
| Ha ha. Surely, you jest. Koreans don't turn it on enough and the schools are sweltering hot because they try to delay turning it on. When they do, it's set really high as a temperature. Uninsulated buildings and high temp setting means only marginally cooler. |
I'm not an ESLer, so I don't visit schools
I do visit public places, hotels, business places, dpt. stores. All of which seemed to hit it to 15*C.
It could just be the impression due to extremely high humidity though. |
I was in Lotte Dept Store last night (theater - New Superman Movie) and they had the 26 degree rule in full force. Public schools and universities rarely turn it on. Some small businesses are hit and miss. They are getting better at using it than before.
What I notice are the older Koreans loving the heat. But the kids and younger Koreans love the air con as much as us Westerners do. But some of the old folks here are strange. You see them in spring when it's upper 20's walking on trails wearing thin coats or windbreakers. (Under 30's wear shorts and t shirt like me.) |
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