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- ↑ "기후자료 극값(최대값) 전체년도 일최고기온 (°C) 최고순위, 추풍령(135)" (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
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- ↑ "Climatological Normals of Korea" (PDF). Korea Meteorological Administration. 2011. p. 499 and 649. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
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