Bălceşti climate — normals and trends
Bălceşti (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 670 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Bălceşti averages 82 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Bălceşti has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 97 to 67 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.6 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -28.1 °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
BălceştiVâlcea County
- coords
- 44.62°, 23.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
16.2°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
670mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
31 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
59.3 cm
Average feels-like high
14.8 °C
Average feels-like low
5.1 °C
Average peak gust
29.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
13 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
42.6 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-28.1 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
76 mm
16 July 1998
Windiest day
46.0 km/h
6 February 1969
Strongest gust
89.6 km/h
28 March 2025
Hottest feels-like
43.1 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-33.4 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
22.8 cm
25 January 2014
Sunniest day
15.0 h
23 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.9 °C | +7.0 °C | 4 mm | -36 mm |
| Feb | 3.9 °C | -1.0 °C | 14 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 16.0 °C | +5.6 °C | 68 mm | +21 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 36 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 21.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 105 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 30.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 24 mm | -66 mm |
| Jul | 33.3 °C | +4.8 °C | 21 mm | -49 mm |
| Aug | 31.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 20 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 26.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 17 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 15.9 °C | -1.1 °C | 127 mm | +80 mm |
| Nov | 11.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 126 mm | +75 mm |
| Dec | 5.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 34 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bălceşti?
Bălceşti has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 670 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bălceşti?
The hottest day measured in Bălceşti between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 42.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bălceşti?
The coldest day measured in Bălceşti between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -28.1 °C.
Does it snow in Bălceşti?
Yes. Bălceşti gets on average 59.3 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Bălceşti warmed?
Yes: Bălceşti warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bălceşti?
The wettest day measured in Bălceşti between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1998, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bălceşti?
The windiest day measured in Bălceşti between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, with winds reaching 46.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bălceşti?
The warmest month in Bălceşti is July (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Bălceşti?
Bălceşti receives on average 670 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bălceşti?
Bălceşti gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bălceşti?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bălceşti between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2014, with 22.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bălceşti?
Yes: Bălceşti has on average 13 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bălceşti?
In Bălceşti, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -33.4 °C on 25 January 1942.
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