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These are the images taken today (12th) in the Seogwipo area of Jeju Island during the day.
It is still mid-winter in mid-January, but it is full of spring flowers such as canola flowers, plum blossoms, and camellias.
The flowers were in full bloom when the daytime temperature in Jeju reached 16.5 degrees Celsius due to unexpected spring weather.
This high temperature phenomenon is appearing not only in Jeju but also nationwide. From tonight, a lot of rain will pour, and after the weekend it will get cold again.
Reporter Seo Dong-gyun delivers detailed news.
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It is mid-January, when it should be the coldest season, but the clothes have become lighter.
The thick padded coat is taken off and carried around, and the light clothes like spring and fall are also visible.
Citizens who went for a light walk left their coats behind.
[Bae Soo-seong/Geumcheon-gu, Seoul: I went out to get some sun, but I thought it would be too hot to come out wearing a coat, so I just came out.] In
the warm weather, I roll up my arms and enjoy exercising outdoors.
[Hyeonjun Choi/Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul: (In winter) I couldn't (play basketball) because it was too cold, but today it suddenly became too warm, so I came out to play basketball.
It's warm as if you can take off your outerwear if you sweat a little more.]
Today's daytime high in Seoul was 12.5 degrees, more than 10 degrees higher than normal, and it was the 4th hottest ever in mid-January.
The high temperature phenomenon continues as the cold air that dominated the sky retreats and relatively warm air enters, and here, as warm wind blows in from the edge of the high pressure that has fallen to the south of Korea, the temperature rises further.
Today in Gyeongju, the temperature soared to 19.3 degrees, the hottest in the country, and unusual spring weather appeared across the country, including 18.7 degrees in Gangneung and 17.2 degrees in Busan.
Gyeongju and Gangneung are the highest January temperatures ever.
From tonight, it will rain all over the country, mainly in the southern region.
Until tomorrow, more than 250mm in the mountains of Jeju Island, southern Jeju Island and the western south coast of Gyeongnam, more than 100mm near Mt. Jirisan, 30-80mm in the eastern and southern coast of Jeonnam, 30-80mm in the southern coast of Gyeongnam, 20-60mm in Jeonnam and Gyeongnam, and 5-40mm in the rest of the country, including the central region, are predicted. .
It will rain one more time this weekend, but a lot of snow is expected in Yeongdong, Gangwon.
(Video coverage: Park Hyeon-cheol · Go Seung-han JIBS, video editing: Kim Yun-seong, CG: Jo Soo-in)