Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:01 UTC
The entire nation of South Korea came under the grip of a cold wave Tuesday, with temperatures dipping below -20C (-4F) in mountainous areas of Gangwon Province, 62 miles (100 km) east of Seoul.
As originally reported by koreatimes.co.kr, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) issued either a cold wave
alert or
advisory for the majority of South Korea as the mercury plunged to the season s record lows of
-23.5C (-10.3F) in
-22.7C (-8.9F) in
PyeongChang, a mountain resort town in Gangwon Province.
Sub-zero readings swept the entire East Asian nation, as a mass of Arctic air rode anomalously-far south on the back of weak and wavy meridional jet stream flow: morning lows in the capital city