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Seoul records first snowfall of season 12 days ahead of average
Seoul recorded its first snowfall of the season on Nov 8, according to South Korea’s weather agency.
The snow was observed at 10am at a weather station in Songwol-dong, in central Seoul’s Jongno district.
The snowfall came 12 days before the seasonal average and 26 days earlier than in 2025.
The official date is based on weather-station observations, not when residents first see snow, and early November snowfall has happened before.
Seoul’s earliest first snowfall was on Oct 23, 1981.
The agency also recorded the season’s first ice in Seoul on ipdong, the lunar calendar’s start of winter, and forecast rain in several regions, expected to stop in most areas by late night.
Seoul recorded its first snowfall of the season on Nov 8, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration.
The snow was observed at 10am at a weather station in Songwol-dong, Jongno-gu.
It came 12 days before the seasonal average and 26 days earlier than the first snowfall in 2025.
The agency also reported the first ice of the season in Seoul on Saturday, which marked ipdong, the onset of winter on the lunar calendar.
- Who
- Seoul and the Korea Meteorological Administration.
- What
- Seoul recorded its first snowfall of the season.
- When
- Nov 8, at 10am.
- Where
- A weather station in Songwol-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.
- Why
- Not stated.
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The season’s first snow in Seoul was observed at a weather station in Songwol-dong, Jongno-gu.
The Korea Meteorological Administration reported the first ice of the season in Seoul.
- First snowfall
- Nov 8, 2026
- Observation time
- 10am
- Observation site
- Songwol-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Ahead of seasonal average
- 12 days
- Earlier than 2025
- 26 days