Chiscani climate — normals and trends
Chiscani (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 482 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 (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Chiscani averages 78 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 83 rainy days per year.
Chiscani has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 95 to 61 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 23 July 2007) and the coldest -27.5 °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
ChiscaniBrăila County
- coords
- 45.18°, 27.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.7°C
Average daily high
16.1°C
Average daily low
7.8°C
Annual rainfall
482mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
16.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
78 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
31 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
83 d/yr
Annual snowfall
40.4 cm
Average feels-like high
14.3 °C
Average feels-like low
5.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
22 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
40.3 °C
23 July 2007
Coldest day
-27.5 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
85 mm
4 October 1998
Windiest day
45.0 km/h
5 January 1966
Strongest gust
84.2 km/h
6 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
42.7 °C
7 August 2012
Coldest feels-like
-32.9 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
23.9 cm
12 March 1973
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 2015
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.8 °C | +6.9 °C | 13 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 3.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 7 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 15.5 °C | +6.0 °C | 25 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 18 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 20.7 °C | -1.5 °C | 77 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 29.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 6 mm | -54 mm |
| Jul | 32.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 60 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 30.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 3 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 25.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 40 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 16.1 °C | -0.9 °C | 94 mm | +59 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 83 mm | +44 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 8 mm | -29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chiscani?
Chiscani has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 482 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chiscani?
The hottest day measured in Chiscani between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2007, reaching 40.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chiscani?
The coldest day measured in Chiscani between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -27.5 °C.
Does it snow in Chiscani?
Yes. Chiscani gets on average 40.4 cm of snow per year and has around 78 frost days.
Has the climate of Chiscani warmed?
Yes: Chiscani warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chiscani?
The wettest day measured in Chiscani between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1998, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chiscani?
The windiest day measured in Chiscani between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1966, with winds reaching 45.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chiscani?
The warmest month in Chiscani is July (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Chiscani?
Chiscani receives on average 482 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 83 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chiscani?
Chiscani 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 Chiscani?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chiscani between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1973, with 23.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chiscani?
Yes: Chiscani has on average 22 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chiscani?
In Chiscani, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.7 °C on 7 August 2012, and the lowest was -32.9 °C on 25 January 1942.
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