Baia Sprie climate — normals and trends
Baia Sprie (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 1,104 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 (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Baia Sprie averages 118 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.
Baia Sprie has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 138 to 98 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -28.0 °C (on 23 January 1963).
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
Baia SprieMaramureş
- coords
- 47.66°, 23.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
3.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,104mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
22.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
118 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
158 d/yr
Annual snowfall
132.8 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
27.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
34.0 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-28.0 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
60 mm
12 June 1974
Windiest day
34.3 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
14 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-33.2 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
21.4 cm
30 January 2000
Sunniest day
15.0 h
8 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.6 °C | +5.1 °C | 77 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | 3.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 19 mm | -54 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +5.8 °C | 89 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 39 mm | -48 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | -3.1 °C | 157 mm | +39 mm |
| Jun | 24.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 61 mm | -72 mm |
| Jul | 25.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 180 mm | +59 mm |
| Aug | 25.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 93 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 21.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 117 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 11.3 °C | -2.0 °C | 73 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 9.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 78 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 4.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 15 mm | -74 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Baia Sprie?
Baia Sprie has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 1,104 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Baia Sprie?
The hottest day measured in Baia Sprie between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 34.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Baia Sprie?
The coldest day measured in Baia Sprie between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -28.0 °C.
Does it snow in Baia Sprie?
Yes. Baia Sprie gets on average 132.8 cm of snow per year and has around 118 frost days.
Has the climate of Baia Sprie warmed?
Yes: Baia Sprie warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Baia Sprie?
The wettest day measured in Baia Sprie between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 1974, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Baia Sprie?
The windiest day measured in Baia Sprie between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 34.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Baia Sprie?
The warmest month in Baia Sprie is July (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Baia Sprie?
Baia Sprie receives on average 1,104 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Baia Sprie?
Baia Sprie gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Baia Sprie?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Baia Sprie between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 2000, with 21.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Baia Sprie?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Baia Sprie.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Baia Sprie?
In Baia Sprie, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 14 July 2024, and the lowest was -33.2 °C on 23 January 1963.
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