Bărcăneşti climate — normals and trends
Bărcăneşti (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 668 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Bărcăneşti averages 97 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.
Bărcăneşti has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 113 to 81 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -27.7 °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
BărcăneştiPrahova
- coords
- 44.88°, 26.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
6.0°C
Annual rainfall
668mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
97 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
111 d/yr
Annual snowfall
64.6 cm
Average feels-like high
13.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.8 °C
Average peak gust
27.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
37.9 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-27.7 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
64 mm
11 August 1964
Windiest day
38.0 km/h
5 November 1995
Strongest gust
84.6 km/h
5 November 1995
Hottest feels-like
40.9 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-32.4 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
21.8 cm
5 March 1971
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 | 9.0 °C | +7.2 °C | 11 mm | -32 mm |
| Feb | 2.4 °C | -1.8 °C | 28 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 14.5 °C | +5.2 °C | 44 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 33 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 19.0 °C | -1.7 °C | 160 mm | +80 mm |
| Jun | 27.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 19 mm | -62 mm |
| Jul | 30.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 47 mm | -22 mm |
| Aug | 28.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 20 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 24.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 21 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 15.1 °C | -0.9 °C | 120 mm | +72 mm |
| Nov | 11.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 116 mm | +63 mm |
| Dec | 6.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 20 mm | -29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bărcăneşti?
Bărcăneşti has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 668 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bărcăneşti?
The hottest day measured in Bărcăneşti between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bărcăneşti?
The coldest day measured in Bărcăneşti between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -27.7 °C.
Does it snow in Bărcăneşti?
Yes. Bărcăneşti gets on average 64.6 cm of snow per year and has around 97 frost days.
Has the climate of Bărcăneşti warmed?
Yes: Bărcăneşti warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bărcăneşti?
The wettest day measured in Bărcăneşti between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1964, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bărcăneşti?
The windiest day measured in Bărcăneşti between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1995, with winds reaching 38.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bărcăneşti?
The warmest month in Bărcăneşti is July (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Bărcăneşti?
Bărcăneşti receives on average 668 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bărcăneşti?
Bărcăneşti gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bărcăneşti?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bărcăneşti between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1971, with 21.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bărcăneşti?
Yes: Bărcăneşti has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bărcăneşti?
In Bărcăneşti, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -32.4 °C on 25 January 1942.
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