Bârsana climate — normals and trends
Bârsana (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 1,199 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Bârsana averages 133 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 165 rainy days per year.
Bârsana has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 153 to 113 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.2 °C (on 14 July 2024) and the coldest -28.9 °C (on 12 January 1940).
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
BârsanaMaramureş
- coords
- 47.82°, 24.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
11.4°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,199mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
10.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
133 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
165 d/yr
Annual snowfall
155.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.7 °C
Average feels-like low
0.1 °C
Average peak gust
27.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
33.2 °C
14 July 2024
Coldest day
-28.9 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
62 mm
30 July 1961
Windiest day
31.0 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
94.7 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
35.7 °C
24 August 2007
Coldest feels-like
-34.0 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
28.2 cm
13 February 1962
Sunniest day
15.0 h
8 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 78 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 2.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 19 mm | -56 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +6.0 °C | 98 mm | +19 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 38 mm | -59 mm |
| May | 14.5 °C | -3.2 °C | 187 mm | +55 mm |
| Jun | 23.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 78 mm | -70 mm |
| Jul | 24.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 205 mm | +65 mm |
| Aug | 24.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 95 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 115 mm | +26 mm |
| Oct | 10.4 °C | -2.2 °C | 77 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 8.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 89 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 19 mm | -70 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bârsana?
Bârsana has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 1,199 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bârsana?
The hottest day measured in Bârsana between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2024, reaching 33.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bârsana?
The coldest day measured in Bârsana between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -28.9 °C.
Does it snow in Bârsana?
Yes. Bârsana gets on average 155.5 cm of snow per year and has around 133 frost days.
Has the climate of Bârsana warmed?
Yes: Bârsana warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bârsana?
The wettest day measured in Bârsana between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1961, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bârsana?
The windiest day measured in Bârsana between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 31.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bârsana?
The warmest month in Bârsana is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Bârsana?
Bârsana receives on average 1,199 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 165 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bârsana?
Bârsana gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bârsana?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bârsana between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1962, with 28.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bârsana?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bârsana.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bârsana?
In Bârsana, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.7 °C on 24 August 2007, and the lowest was -34.0 °C on 10 February 1956.
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