Cefa climate — normals and trends
Cefa (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 676 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Cefa averages 77 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Cefa has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 89 to 65 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 20 July 2007) and the coldest -27.4 °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
CefaBihor County
- coords
- 46.92°, 21.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.2°C
Average daily high
15.7°C
Average daily low
7.1°C
Annual rainfall
676mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
23.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
77 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
39.9 cm
Average feels-like high
14.1 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
28.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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
39.0 °C
20 July 2007
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
68 mm
22 August 2004
Windiest day
38.0 km/h
3 February 1985
Strongest gust
84.6 km/h
29 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
8 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.7 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
14 February 1962
Sunniest day
15.0 h
25 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 35 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 5.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 18 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 14.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 79 mm | +32 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 29 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | -2.6 °C | 86 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 29.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 11 mm | -71 mm |
| Jul | 29.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 63 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 29.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 44 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 58 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | 15.4 °C | -1.4 °C | 29 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 11.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 55 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 4 mm | -50 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cefa?
Cefa has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 676 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cefa?
The hottest day measured in Cefa between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2007, reaching 39.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cefa?
The coldest day measured in Cefa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Cefa?
Yes. Cefa gets on average 39.9 cm of snow per year and has around 77 frost days.
Has the climate of Cefa warmed?
Yes: Cefa warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cefa?
The wettest day measured in Cefa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2004, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cefa?
The windiest day measured in Cefa between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1985, with winds reaching 38.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cefa?
The warmest month in Cefa is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Cefa?
Cefa receives on average 676 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cefa?
Cefa gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cefa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cefa between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1962, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cefa?
Yes: Cefa has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cefa?
In Cefa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 8 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.7 °C on 25 January 1942.
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