Brad climate — normals and trends
Brad (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 926 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Brad averages 107 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.
Brad has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 121 to 93 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 5 August 2017) and the coldest -26.4 °C (on 16 February 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
BradHunedoara County
- coords
- 46.13°, 22.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
926mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
10.0km/h
Seasonal range
21.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
107 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
148 d/yr
Annual snowfall
102.5 cm
Average feels-like high
11.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
27.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
35.8 °C
5 August 2017
Coldest day
-26.4 °C
16 February 1940
Wettest day
69 mm
2 July 1975
Windiest day
30.3 km/h
26 February 1988
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
27 February 1988
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-31.2 °C
16 February 1940
Snowiest day
20.0 cm
21 January 2000
Sunniest day
15.0 h
10 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 °C | +4.4 °C | 51 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 20 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +5.0 °C | 90 mm | +27 mm |
| Apr | 15.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 70 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | -2.7 °C | 152 mm | +40 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +4.1 °C | 22 mm | -100 mm |
| Jul | 25.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 96 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 25.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 72 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 21.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 49 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 11.7 °C | -2.4 °C | 60 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 66 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 4.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 6 mm | -65 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Brad?
Brad has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 926 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Brad?
The hottest day measured in Brad between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2017, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Brad?
The coldest day measured in Brad between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1940, at -26.4 °C.
Does it snow in Brad?
Yes. Brad gets on average 102.5 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.
Has the climate of Brad warmed?
Yes: Brad warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Brad?
The wettest day measured in Brad between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1975, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Brad?
The windiest day measured in Brad between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1988, with winds reaching 30.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Brad?
The warmest month in Brad is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Brad?
Brad receives on average 926 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Brad?
Brad gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Brad?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Brad between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2000, with 20.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Brad?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Brad.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Brad?
In Brad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -31.2 °C on 16 February 1940.
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