South Korea saw historically wet winter in 2023, says its Weather agency

This South Korean winter was the second-warmest winter on record since KMA started compiling related data. - PHOTO: AFP

SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN): South Korea dealt with the wettest winter in about half a century, seeing a historic amount of rain drenching the nation in recent months, the weather agency said on Friday.

From Dec 1, 2023, to end-February, up to 236.7mm of rain was observed in the nation, marking the highest amount of precipitation to be recorded in the cited period since 1973, when the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) started collecting the related data.