Banca climate — normals and trends
Banca (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 555 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Banca averages 95 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
Banca has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 115 to 75 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -27.4 °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
BancaVaslui County
- coords
- 46.30°, 27.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
14.6°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
555mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
15.4km/h
Seasonal range
24.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
95 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
59.2 cm
Average feels-like high
12.6 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
33.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
39.1 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
111 mm
12 July 1969
Windiest day
44.5 km/h
19 February 1946
Strongest gust
90.4 km/h
3 November 1981
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
7 August 2012
Coldest feels-like
-32.8 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
25.8 cm
20 April 2017
Sunniest day
15.1 h
22 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.2 °C | +6.5 °C | 12 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 2.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 7 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 13.9 °C | +5.7 °C | 43 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 19 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 19.2 °C | -1.9 °C | 125 mm | +64 mm |
| Jun | 27.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 12 mm | -62 mm |
| Jul | 30.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 93 mm | +28 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 17 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 23.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 38 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 14.6 °C | -0.8 °C | 93 mm | +57 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 50 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 9 mm | -28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Banca?
Banca has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 555 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Banca?
The hottest day measured in Banca between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Banca?
The coldest day measured in Banca between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Banca?
Yes. Banca gets on average 59.2 cm of snow per year and has around 95 frost days.
Has the climate of Banca warmed?
Yes: Banca warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Banca?
The wettest day measured in Banca between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1969, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Banca?
The windiest day measured in Banca between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1946, with winds reaching 44.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Banca?
The warmest month in Banca is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Banca?
Banca receives on average 555 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Banca?
Banca gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Banca?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Banca between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2017, with 25.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Banca?
Yes: Banca has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Banca?
In Banca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 7 August 2012, and the lowest was -32.8 °C on 25 January 1942.
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