Beclean climate — normals and trends
Beclean (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 861 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 (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Beclean averages 122 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.
Beclean has warmed by +2.7 °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 140 to 104 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -29.8 °C (on 18 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
BecleanBistrița-Năsăud County
- coords
- 47.18°, 24.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
3.6°C
Annual rainfall
861mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
10.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
122 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
142 d/yr
Annual snowfall
92.5 cm
Average feels-like high
11.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
25.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
35.9 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-29.8 °C
18 January 1963
Wettest day
56 mm
12 June 1974
Windiest day
39.0 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
90.0 km/h
26 November 1964
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-34.7 °C
18 January 1963
Snowiest day
16.7 cm
27 November 1956
Sunniest day
15.0 h
29 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +5.0 °C | 51 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 16 mm | -38 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +5.4 °C | 74 mm | +16 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 37 mm | -38 mm |
| May | 16.0 °C | -3.1 °C | 184 mm | +90 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 37 mm | -71 mm |
| Jul | 25.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 133 mm | +37 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 80 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 21.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 79 mm | +15 mm |
| Oct | 11.8 °C | -1.9 °C | 67 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 10.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 71 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 4.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 8 mm | -56 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Beclean?
Beclean has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 861 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Beclean?
The hottest day measured in Beclean between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 35.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Beclean?
The coldest day measured in Beclean between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1963, at -29.8 °C.
Does it snow in Beclean?
Yes. Beclean gets on average 92.5 cm of snow per year and has around 122 frost days.
Has the climate of Beclean warmed?
Yes: Beclean warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Beclean?
The wettest day measured in Beclean between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 1974, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Beclean?
The windiest day measured in Beclean between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 39.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Beclean?
The warmest month in Beclean is July (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Beclean?
Beclean receives on average 861 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Beclean?
Beclean gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Beclean?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Beclean between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1956, with 16.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Beclean?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Beclean.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Beclean?
In Beclean, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -34.7 °C on 18 January 1963.
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