Carei climate — normals and trends
Carei (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 695 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 (21.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Carei averages 83 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Carei has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 98 to 68 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 23 July 2022) and the coldest -28.5 °C (on 28 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
CareiSatu Mare County
- coords
- 47.68°, 22.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.8°C
Average daily high
15.5°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
695mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
23.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
83 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
44.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.5 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
30.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
40.6 °C
23 July 2022
Coldest day
-28.5 °C
28 January 1954
Wettest day
49 mm
13 October 2009
Windiest day
46.5 km/h
5 March 1940
Strongest gust
92.2 km/h
1 March 1990
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
20 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-33.4 °C
28 January 1954
Snowiest day
17.8 cm
10 February 1999
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 May 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 | 6.0 °C | +4.9 °C | 37 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 5.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 17 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 14.6 °C | +4.3 °C | 78 mm | +31 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 31 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | -2.9 °C | 79 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 29.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 16 mm | -72 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 77 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 29.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 51 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 24.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 77 mm | +26 mm |
| Oct | 14.9 °C | -1.6 °C | 44 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 11.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 48 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 3 mm | -52 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Carei?
Carei has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 695 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Carei?
The hottest day measured in Carei between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2022, reaching 40.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Carei?
The coldest day measured in Carei between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1954, at -28.5 °C.
Does it snow in Carei?
Yes. Carei gets on average 44.7 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.
Has the climate of Carei warmed?
Yes: Carei warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Carei?
The wettest day measured in Carei between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 2009, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Carei?
The windiest day measured in Carei between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1940, with winds reaching 46.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Carei?
The warmest month in Carei is July (21.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Carei?
Carei receives on average 695 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Carei?
Carei gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Carei?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Carei between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1999, with 17.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Carei?
Yes: Carei has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Carei?
In Carei, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 20 July 2007, and the lowest was -33.4 °C on 28 January 1954.
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