Ceraşu climate — normals and trends
Ceraşu (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 912 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 (18.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Ceraşu averages 124 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.
Ceraşu has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 138 to 110 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -26.2 °C (on 11 January 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
CeraşuPrahova
- coords
- 45.32°, 26.03°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
3.8°C
Annual rainfall
912mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
10.8km/h
Seasonal range
22.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
124 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
142 d/yr
Annual snowfall
104.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
30.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
34.3 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-26.2 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
72 mm
13 July 2000
Windiest day
33.0 km/h
5 February 2020
Strongest gust
98.3 km/h
6 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-31.0 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
28.1 cm
15 April 1996
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3 °C | +6.4 °C | 11 mm | -32 mm |
| Feb | 0.6 °C | -1.2 °C | 27 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +5.3 °C | 61 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 57 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 15.9 °C | -1.8 °C | 208 mm | +82 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +3.3 °C | 39 mm | -96 mm |
| Jul | 26.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 119 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 25.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 64 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 21.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 33 mm | -27 mm |
| Oct | 12.2 °C | -1.3 °C | 126 mm | +74 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 114 mm | +61 mm |
| Dec | 4.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 22 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ceraşu?
Ceraşu has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 912 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ceraşu?
The hottest day measured in Ceraşu between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ceraşu?
The coldest day measured in Ceraşu between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -26.2 °C.
Does it snow in Ceraşu?
Yes. Ceraşu gets on average 104.3 cm of snow per year and has around 124 frost days.
Has the climate of Ceraşu warmed?
Yes: Ceraşu warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ceraşu?
The wettest day measured in Ceraşu between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ceraşu?
The windiest day measured in Ceraşu between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2020, with winds reaching 33.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ceraşu?
The warmest month in Ceraşu is July (18.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Ceraşu?
Ceraşu receives on average 912 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ceraşu?
Ceraşu gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ceraşu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ceraşu between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1996, with 28.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ceraşu?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ceraşu.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ceraşu?
In Ceraşu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -31.0 °C on 11 January 1940.
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