Barcea climate — normals and trends
Barcea (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 505 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 (-1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Barcea averages 90 frost days, 28 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Barcea 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 107 to 73 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -28.3 °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
BarceaGalați County
- coords
- 45.75°, 27.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
15.6°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
505mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
24.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
90 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
28 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
50.9 cm
Average feels-like high
13.7 °C
Average feels-like low
4.5 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
14 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
41.0 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-28.3 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
94 mm
4 October 1998
Windiest day
45.3 km/h
5 January 1966
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
19 June 1985
Hottest feels-like
42.6 °C
16 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-33.6 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
26.4 cm
20 April 2017
Sunniest day
15.0 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.2 °C | +6.8 °C | 10 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 3.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 7 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 14.9 °C | +5.7 °C | 40 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 17.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 18 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 20.2 °C | -1.8 °C | 121 mm | +63 mm |
| Jun | 28.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 6 mm | -57 mm |
| Jul | 31.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 64 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 30.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 22 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 28 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 15.5 °C | -1.0 °C | 101 mm | +66 mm |
| Nov | 11.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 74 mm | +35 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 10 mm | -28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Barcea?
Barcea has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 505 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barcea?
The hottest day measured in Barcea between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 41.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Barcea?
The coldest day measured in Barcea between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -28.3 °C.
Does it snow in Barcea?
Yes. Barcea gets on average 50.9 cm of snow per year and has around 90 frost days.
Has the climate of Barcea warmed?
Yes: Barcea warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Barcea?
The wettest day measured in Barcea between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1998, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Barcea?
The windiest day measured in Barcea between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1966, with winds reaching 45.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Barcea?
The warmest month in Barcea is July (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Barcea?
Barcea receives on average 505 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Barcea?
Barcea gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Barcea?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Barcea between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2017, with 26.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Barcea?
Yes: Barcea has on average 14 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Barcea?
In Barcea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 16 July 2024, and the lowest was -33.6 °C on 25 January 1942.
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