올해 첫 단풍 9월 30일 설악산부터, 평년보다 2~8일 늦어
First Autumn Leaves Forecast for 설악산 on 30 September, 2 to 8 Days Later Than Normal
Part of the September 14, 2026 daily edition
민간 기상기업 케이웨더는 11일, 올해 첫 단풍이 9월 30일 설악산에서 시작될 것으로 예상했습니다. 이후 단풍은 하루 20~25km씩 남쪽으로 내려가 중부지방에서는 9월 30일부터 10월 18일, 남부지방에서는 10월 19일부터 27일 사이에 나타날 것으로 예상됐습니다. 올해 첫 단풍은 평년보다 2~8일, 절정은 2~9일가량 늦을 전망입니다. 절정은 첫 단풍 약 2주 뒤에 찾아와, 중부지방은 10월 19일부터 11월 1일, 남부지방은 11월 1일부터 11일로 예측됐습니다. 하루 최저기온이 5도 이하로 떨어지기 시작하면 낙엽수에 단풍이 드는데, 기후 변화로 가을철까지 기온이 오르고 있어 단풍이 늦어지고 있습니다. 최근 5년(2021~2025년) 전국의 9월 평균기온은 22.5도로 1990년대보다 2.3도 높아졌고, 10월 평균기온도 1.4도 올랐습니다.
Translation
On the 11th, the private weather company 케이웨더 forecast that this year's first autumn foliage would begin on 30 September at 설악산. From there the colour is expected to move south by 20 to 25 km a day, appearing in the central region between 30 September and 18 October and in the southern region between 19 and 27 October. This year's first foliage is expected to be 2 to 8 days later than normal, and the peak 2 to 9 days later. The peak arrives about two weeks after the first colour, and is forecast for 19 October to 1 November in the central region and 1 to 11 November in the south. Deciduous trees begin to turn once the daily minimum temperature starts falling to 5 °C or below, but climate change is keeping temperatures up into autumn, so the foliage is coming later. Over the past five years (2021 to 2025) the national average September temperature was 22.5 °C, 2.3 °C higher than in the 1990s, and the average October temperature has also risen by 1.4 °C.
Vocabulary
- 단풍명사 (noun)autumn foliage, autumn colours
- 남하하다동사 (verb)to move south
- 평년명사 (noun)a normal year (the climatological average)
- 절정명사 (noun)the peak, the height
- 최저기온명사 (noun)the minimum temperature
- 낙엽수명사 (noun)a deciduous tree
- 기후 변화명사 (noun)climate change
- 평균기온명사 (noun)the average temperature
Grammar points
-(으)ㄹ 것으로 예상되다to be expected to ...
-(으)ㄹ 것으로 예상되다 reports a forecast in the passive, so that the expectation, not the forecaster, is the subject. Every date in this lesson sits inside this frame or its cousins (예측되다, 전망이다), and none of them is a fact yet. Read the source named at the top (케이웨더) as the one doing the expecting.
Example: 남부지방에서는 10월 19일부터 27일 사이에 단풍이 나타날 것으로 예상됐습니다.
In the southern region the foliage is expected to appear between 19 and 27 October.
N씩each, at a time (a rate per unit)
씩 after a quantity turns it into a rate: 하루 20~25km씩 남하하다, to move south by 20 to 25 km a day. The unit of time comes first and 씩 goes on the amount, which is the reverse of the English order.
Example: 이후 단풍은 하루 20~25km씩 남쪽으로 내려갑니다.
From there the foliage moves south by 20 to 25 km a day.
-는데... and yet, ... but (background before a contrast or explanation)
-는데 lays down a general rule and then the next clause explains why this year departs from it: trees turn at 5 °C, but the temperature is not falling to 5 °C in time. The ending is the hinge between the mechanism and the exception, which is the whole argument of the story.
Example: 하루 최저기온이 5도 이하로 떨어지기 시작하면 낙엽수에 단풍이 드는데, 기후 변화로 가을철까지 기온이 오르고 있어 단풍이 늦어지고 있습니다.
Deciduous trees begin to turn once the daily minimum starts falling to 5 °C or below, but climate change is keeping temperatures up into autumn, so the foliage is coming later.
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