Berca climate — normals and trends
Berca (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 623 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 (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Berca averages 96 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Berca has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 113 to 79 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -27.1 °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
BercaBuzău County
- coords
- 45.28°, 26.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
14.7°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
623mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
13.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
64.0 cm
Average feels-like high
12.8 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
31.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
5 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
38.4 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-27.1 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
81 mm
12 July 2005
Windiest day
44.1 km/h
3 February 1954
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
6 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
7 August 2012
Coldest feels-like
-32.1 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
26.0 cm
20 April 2017
Sunniest day
15.0 h
23 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.5 °C | +7.1 °C | 10 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 2.4 °C | -1.2 °C | 19 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 14.4 °C | +5.9 °C | 42 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 31 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 19.0 °C | -1.5 °C | 162 mm | +84 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +3.8 °C | 32 mm | -51 mm |
| Jul | 30.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 79 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 29.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 12 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 24.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 27 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 14.7 °C | -0.9 °C | 110 mm | +69 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 93 mm | +47 mm |
| Dec | 5.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 19 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Berca?
Berca has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 623 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Berca?
The hottest day measured in Berca between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Berca?
The coldest day measured in Berca between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -27.1 °C.
Does it snow in Berca?
Yes. Berca gets on average 64.0 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Berca warmed?
Yes: Berca warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Berca?
The wettest day measured in Berca between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2005, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Berca?
The windiest day measured in Berca between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1954, with winds reaching 44.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Berca?
The warmest month in Berca is July (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Berca?
Berca receives on average 623 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Berca?
Berca 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 Berca?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Berca between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2017, with 26.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Berca?
Yes: Berca has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Berca?
In Berca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 7 August 2012, and the lowest was -32.1 °C on 25 January 1942.
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