Tervel Municipality climate — normals and trends
Tervel Municipality (Bulgaria) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 583 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Tervel Municipality averages 72 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Tervel Municipality has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 88 to 56 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 20 August 1945) and the coldest -28.0 °C (on 25 January 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Tervel MunicipalityDobrich
- coords
- 43.75°, 27.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.4°C
Average daily high
15.6°C
Average daily low
7.5°C
Annual rainfall
583mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
72 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
63.9 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
5.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
41.1 °C
20 August 1945
Coldest day
-28.0 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
84 mm
21 September 2005
Windiest day
48.2 km/h
14 February 1962
Strongest gust
90.7 km/h
4 October 1991
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-32.9 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
28.8 cm
5 January 1966
Sunniest day
14.8 h
2 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.7 °C | +6.9 °C | 19 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 2.1 °C | -2.9 °C | 27 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 15.3 °C | +6.1 °C | 17 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 39 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 83 mm | +18 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 3 mm | -67 mm |
| Jul | 32.3 °C | +5.1 °C | 33 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 30.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 25 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 25.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 18 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 16.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 133 mm | +90 mm |
| Nov | 14.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 84 mm | +36 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 13 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tervel Municipality?
Tervel Municipality has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 583 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tervel Municipality?
The hottest day measured in Tervel Municipality between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1945, reaching 41.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tervel Municipality?
The coldest day measured in Tervel Municipality between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -28.0 °C.
Does it snow in Tervel Municipality?
Yes. Tervel Municipality gets on average 63.9 cm of snow per year and has around 72 frost days.
Has the climate of Tervel Municipality warmed?
Yes: Tervel Municipality warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tervel Municipality?
The wettest day measured in Tervel Municipality between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 2005, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tervel Municipality?
The windiest day measured in Tervel Municipality between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1962, with winds reaching 48.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tervel Municipality?
The warmest month in Tervel Municipality is July (22.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Tervel Municipality?
Tervel Municipality receives on average 583 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tervel Municipality?
Tervel Municipality gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tervel Municipality?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tervel Municipality between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1966, with 28.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tervel Municipality?
Yes: Tervel Municipality has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tervel Municipality?
In Tervel Municipality, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -32.9 °C on 25 January 1942.
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