Bicaz climate — normals and trends
Bicaz (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 800 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 (16.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Bicaz averages 156 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Bicaz 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 171 to 141 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.8 °C (on 7 August 2012) and the coldest -32.3 °C (on 3 January 1954).
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
BicazNeamț County
- coords
- 46.92°, 26.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.7°C
Average daily high
10.5°C
Average daily low
1.2°C
Annual rainfall
800mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
22.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
156 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
119.4 cm
Average feels-like high
8.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.6 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
32.8 °C
7 August 2012
Coldest day
-32.3 °C
3 January 1954
Wettest day
64 mm
13 July 2000
Windiest day
36.6 km/h
25 November 1973
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
23 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
35.0 °C
20 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-37.5 °C
4 February 1956
Snowiest day
30.5 cm
16 April 1977
Sunniest day
15.1 h
17 June 2012
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 °C | +7.0 °C | 19 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 0.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 24 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +6.7 °C | 60 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 52 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 13.6 °C | -2.5 °C | 181 mm | +72 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 59 mm | -65 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 104 mm | -13 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 50 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 63 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 10.0 °C | -1.7 °C | 74 mm | +30 mm |
| Nov | 8.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 50 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 3.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 20 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bicaz?
Bicaz has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 800 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bicaz?
The hottest day measured in Bicaz between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2012, reaching 32.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bicaz?
The coldest day measured in Bicaz between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1954, at -32.3 °C.
Does it snow in Bicaz?
Yes. Bicaz gets on average 119.4 cm of snow per year and has around 156 frost days.
Has the climate of Bicaz warmed?
Yes: Bicaz warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bicaz?
The wettest day measured in Bicaz between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bicaz?
The windiest day measured in Bicaz between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1973, with winds reaching 36.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bicaz?
The warmest month in Bicaz is July (16.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Bicaz?
Bicaz receives on average 800 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bicaz?
Bicaz 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 Bicaz?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bicaz between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 1977, with 30.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bicaz?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bicaz.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bicaz?
In Bicaz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.0 °C on 20 July 1987, and the lowest was -37.5 °C on 4 February 1956.
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