Borşa climate — normals and trends
Borşa (Romania) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.7 °C and it receives 1,139 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 (13.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Borşa averages 175 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 181 rainy days per year.
Borşa has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 189 to 161 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.4 °C (on 3 August 1998) and the coldest -30.2 °C (on 23 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
BorşaMaramureş
- coords
- 47.66°, 24.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.7°C
Average daily high
8.0°C
Average daily low
-0.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,139mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
10.3km/h
Seasonal range
21.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
175 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
181 d/yr
Annual snowfall
220.3 cm
Average feels-like high
5.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
29.4 °C
3 August 1998
Coldest day
-30.2 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
79 mm
2 August 1959
Windiest day
32.0 km/h
7 March 2002
Strongest gust
113.8 km/h
7 March 2002
Hottest feels-like
31.0 °C
14 August 1957
Coldest feels-like
-34.9 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
28.3 cm
14 February 1962
Sunniest day
15.0 h
9 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.4 °C | +4.9 °C | 57 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | -1.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 21 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 7.6 °C | +6.1 °C | 91 mm | +21 mm |
| Apr | 10.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 91 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 10.3 °C | -3.6 °C | 213 mm | +71 mm |
| Jun | 19.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 72 mm | -90 mm |
| Jul | 20.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 195 mm | +37 mm |
| Aug | 20.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 83 mm | -39 mm |
| Sep | 16.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 90 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 6.4 °C | -3.1 °C | 86 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 5.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 70 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 1.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 25 mm | -41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Borşa?
Borşa has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.7 °C and it receives 1,139 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Borşa?
The hottest day measured in Borşa between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1998, reaching 29.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Borşa?
The coldest day measured in Borşa between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -30.2 °C.
Does it snow in Borşa?
Yes. Borşa gets on average 220.3 cm of snow per year and has around 175 frost days.
Has the climate of Borşa warmed?
Yes: Borşa warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Borşa?
The wettest day measured in Borşa between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1959, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Borşa?
The windiest day measured in Borşa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2002, with winds reaching 32.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Borşa?
The warmest month in Borşa is July (13.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Borşa?
Borşa receives on average 1,139 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 181 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Borşa?
Borşa gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Borşa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Borşa between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1962, with 28.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Borşa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Borşa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Borşa?
In Borşa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.0 °C on 14 August 1957, and the lowest was -34.9 °C on 23 January 1963.
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