Baraolt climate — normals and trends
Baraolt (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 631 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Baraolt averages 126 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.
Baraolt has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 144 to 108 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -32.1 °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
BaraoltCovasna County
- coords
- 46.08°, 25.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
13.1°C
Average daily low
3.3°C
Annual rainfall
631mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
11.6km/h
Seasonal range
22.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
126 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
122 d/yr
Annual snowfall
72.8 cm
Average feels-like high
11.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
37.2 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-32.1 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
71 mm
26 August 2007
Windiest day
36.0 km/h
19 February 1946
Strongest gust
106.6 km/h
26 November 1964
Hottest feels-like
38.7 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-37.3 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
23.8 cm
15 April 1996
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | +5.7 °C | 14 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 14 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +5.8 °C | 47 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 37 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | -2.0 °C | 163 mm | +82 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | +4.1 °C | 16 mm | -69 mm |
| Jul | 27.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 70 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 27.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 29 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 22.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 26 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 12.2 °C | -1.8 °C | 89 mm | +48 mm |
| Nov | 10.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 52 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | 4.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 14 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Baraolt?
Baraolt has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 631 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Baraolt?
The hottest day measured in Baraolt between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 37.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Baraolt?
The coldest day measured in Baraolt between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -32.1 °C.
Does it snow in Baraolt?
Yes. Baraolt gets on average 72.8 cm of snow per year and has around 126 frost days.
Has the climate of Baraolt warmed?
Yes: Baraolt warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Baraolt?
The wettest day measured in Baraolt between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 2007, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Baraolt?
The windiest day measured in Baraolt between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1946, with winds reaching 36.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Baraolt?
The warmest month in Baraolt is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Baraolt?
Baraolt receives on average 631 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Baraolt?
Baraolt gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Baraolt?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Baraolt between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1996, with 23.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Baraolt?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Baraolt.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Baraolt?
In Baraolt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.7 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -37.3 °C on 23 January 1963.
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