Amara climate — normals and trends
Amara (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 550 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 (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Amara averages 77 frost days, 33 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Amara has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 93 to 61 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.4 °C (on 10 August 1945) and the coldest -28.7 °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
AmaraIalomița County
- coords
- 44.62°, 27.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.8°C
Average daily high
16.4°C
Average daily low
7.7°C
Annual rainfall
550mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
16.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
77 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
33 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
44.6 cm
Average feels-like high
14.8 °C
Average feels-like low
5.4 °C
Average peak gust
31.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
19 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
41.4 °C
10 August 1945
Coldest day
-28.7 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
71 mm
23 September 1964
Windiest day
47.9 km/h
6 February 2020
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
6 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
43.1 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-34.1 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
25.1 cm
12 March 1973
Sunniest day
14.9 h
27 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.4 °C | +7.2 °C | 15 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 2.6 °C | -2.3 °C | 19 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 16.2 °C | +6.0 °C | 22 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 23 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | -1.4 °C | 103 mm | +41 mm |
| Jun | 29.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 6 mm | -64 mm |
| Jul | 32.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 48 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 31.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 9 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 26.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 32 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 16.4 °C | -1.1 °C | 129 mm | +89 mm |
| Nov | 13.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 102 mm | +59 mm |
| Dec | 6.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 9 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Amara?
Amara has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 550 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Amara?
The hottest day measured in Amara between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1945, reaching 41.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Amara?
The coldest day measured in Amara between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -28.7 °C.
Does it snow in Amara?
Yes. Amara gets on average 44.6 cm of snow per year and has around 77 frost days.
Has the climate of Amara warmed?
Yes: Amara warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Amara?
The wettest day measured in Amara between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1964, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Amara?
The windiest day measured in Amara between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 2020, with winds reaching 47.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Amara?
The warmest month in Amara is July (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Amara?
Amara receives on average 550 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Amara?
Amara gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Amara?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Amara between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1973, with 25.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Amara?
Yes: Amara has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Amara?
In Amara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -34.1 °C on 25 January 1942.
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