Balş climate — normals and trends
Balş (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 610 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Balş averages 78 frost days, 43 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Balş has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 94 to 62 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.2 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -30.6 °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
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- coords
- 44.35°, 24.10°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.1°C
Average daily high
16.9°C
Average daily low
7.7°C
Annual rainfall
610mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
25.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
78 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
43 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
54.6 cm
Average feels-like high
15.3 °C
Average feels-like low
5.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
44.2 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-30.6 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
87 mm
18 June 1941
Windiest day
50.8 km/h
6 February 1969
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
28 March 2025
Hottest feels-like
44.6 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-36.5 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
22.1 cm
5 November 1995
Sunniest day
15.0 h
23 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.2 °C | +7.2 °C | 5 mm | -35 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 13 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 16.9 °C | +5.8 °C | 59 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 19.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 34 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | -1.0 °C | 92 mm | +21 mm |
| Jun | 32.2 °C | +5.1 °C | 20 mm | -59 mm |
| Jul | 34.6 °C | +4.9 °C | 8 mm | -52 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 18 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 27.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 15 mm | -22 mm |
| Oct | 16.6 °C | -1.3 °C | 139 mm | +95 mm |
| Nov | 11.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 114 mm | +65 mm |
| Dec | 6.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 45 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Balş?
Balş has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 610 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Balş?
The hottest day measured in Balş between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 44.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Balş?
The coldest day measured in Balş between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -30.6 °C.
Does it snow in Balş?
Yes. Balş gets on average 54.6 cm of snow per year and has around 78 frost days.
Has the climate of Balş warmed?
Yes: Balş warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Balş?
The wettest day measured in Balş between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1941, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Balş?
The windiest day measured in Balş between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, with winds reaching 50.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Balş?
The warmest month in Balş is July (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Balş?
Balş receives on average 610 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Balş?
Balş gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Balş?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Balş between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1995, with 22.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Balş?
Yes: Balş has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Balş?
In Balş, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.6 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -36.5 °C on 25 January 1942.
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