Anchor: The overnight rain has taken away the excessive heat wave. The cold breeze made it feel like fall overnight on Friday morning after the extended period of sizzling hot weather.
Park Jong-hong has this report.

Report: At last the temperatures have fallen to seasonal norms as the overnight rain helped diminish the excessive heat wave.

Except for the nation's southern coast and the resort island of Jeju, temperatures declined sharply across the nation putting an end to sweaty tropical nights.

Morning lows in the mountainous region of Gangwon Province dipped to below ten degrees Celsius on Friday. Seoul saw sub-20 degrees which is five degrees lower than just a day before.

The average daytime high up until mid-August stood at 33-point-seven degrees, which is an all-time record. The mid-summer average for the capital Seoul stood at 34-point-four degrees, the highest in 108 years ever since temperatures have been compiled in October 1907.

According to Korea Meteorological Administration(KMA), the cold northerly wind brought rain clouds to put an end to the unprecedented heat wave.

The excessive heat alert for the central and southern inland regions has all been lifted.
Although the South Jeolla provincial coast and Jeju Island are still under heat wave advisories, the mercury will drop starting from Saturday.

While the worst may be over, the meteorological agency said daytime highs for the nation will likely to continue to hover around 30 degrees Celsius until mid-September.