Seoul Issues Tropical Night Advisory for 6th Day... Average Daily Temperature Ranks 2nd Highest Ever

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Nights filled with sleeplessness due to the heat continue. This summer's average number of tropical nights has hit a record high since weather observations began, while the average daily temperature ranks as the second highest on record.

Reporter Jeong Jiyeon reports.

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Although it is late at night, the swimming pool at Hangang Park in Yeouido, Seoul, is bustling with citizens.

A tropical night advisory has been in place in Seoul for six consecutive days, and people are continuously visiting the night-opening swimming pool to escape the extreme heat.

[Lim So-mi / Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province: Even with the air conditioner on, it was terribly hot, but getting into the water felt so cool.]

[Kim Sung-gong and Lee Kwang-min / Gangdong-gu, Seoul: It was too hot, so we came to cool off a bit. We came together because we wanted to have fun.]

The nationwide average number of tropical nights this summer, compiled from June 1st, stood at 7.8 days, breaking the record for the same period since 1973 when the nationwide weather observation network was expanded.

From June 1st to the day before yesterday (July 27), the average daily temperature was 24.2°C (76°F), ranking second highest on record following last year, while the average daily highest temperature was 29.1°C (84°F), ranking fourth.

Yesterday, Yangsan in South Gyeongsang Province was the hottest spot nationwide at 39°C (102°F), with Bukchangwon at 38.2°C (101°F) and Uiryeong at 37.6°C (100°F), as temperatures exceeded 35°C (95°F) in various parts of the Yeongnam region.

In particular, the "Severe Heatwave Warning," the highest level of heatwave advisory, continues to be issued with repeated expansions and reductions centering around the Yeongnam region.

Heatwave advisories remain in effect for most parts of the country, including a heatwave warning for parts of Seoul.

The number of heat-related illness patients increased by 73 the day before yesterday, bringing the total to 1,482.

One more death from heat-related illness was added the day before yesterday, bringing the cumulative total to 9.

Over 30 percent of heat-related illness patients are aged 65 or older, and it is reported that an elderly woman in her 80s collapsed and died on the roadside due to symptoms of a heat-related illness in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, the day before yesterday.

(Photo, video filming: Seol Chi-hwan, Video editing: Lee So-young)
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