Chişineu-Criş climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chişineu-Criş?

Chişineu-Criş has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 654 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chişineu-Criş?

The hottest day measured in Chişineu-Criş between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2025, reaching 40.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chişineu-Criş?

The coldest day measured in Chişineu-Criş between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -27.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chişineu-Criş?

Yes. Chişineu-Criş gets on average 37.7 cm of snow per year and has around 74 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Chişineu-Criş warmed?

Yes: Chişineu-Criş warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Chişineu-Criş?

The wettest day measured in Chişineu-Criş between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 2009, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chişineu-Criş?

The windiest day measured in Chişineu-Criş between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1985, with winds reaching 40.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chişineu-Criş?

The warmest month in Chişineu-Criş is July (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chişineu-Criş?

Chişineu-Criş receives on average 654 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 113 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chişineu-Criş?

Chişineu-Criş gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chişineu-Criş (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 654 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 (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Chişineu-Criş averages 74 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 113 rainy days per year.

Chişineu-Criş has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 84 to 64 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 26 July 2025) and the coldest -27.4 °C (on 24 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

Chişineu-CrişArad County

coords: 46.53°, 21.52°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

11.5°C

Average daily high

16.1°C

Average daily low

7.3°C

Annual rainfall

654mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

13.0km/h

Seasonal range

22.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

74 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

26 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

113 d/yr

Annual snowfall

37.7 cm

Average feels-like high

14.6 °C

Average feels-like low

5.2 °C

Average peak gust

27.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

10 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

40.2 °C

26 July 2025

Coldest day

-27.4 °C

24 January 1942

Wettest day

61 mm

13 October 2009

Windiest day

40.5 km/h

3 February 1985

Strongest gust

87.8 km/h

29 January 2007

Hottest feels-like

41.6 °C

8 July 1957

Coldest feels-like

-32.6 °C

24 January 1942

Snowiest day

17.9 cm

12 January 1966

Sunniest day

15.0 h

9 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.2 °C26 July 2025	-9.4 °C20 February 2025	12.9 °C	481 mm	56	64
2024	39.4 °C16 July 2024	-7.4 °C11 January 2024	13.9 °C	479 mm	69	49
2023	36.6 °C28 August 2023	-6.7 °C7 February 2023	13.2 °C	839 mm	37	46
2022	39.4 °C23 July 2022	-14.9 °C13 January 2022	12.7 °C	615 mm	46	69
2021	37.8 °C24 June 2021	-12.1 °C13 February 2021	12.0 °C	642 mm	44	66
2020	34.7 °C30 August 2020	-7.4 °C8 January 2020	12.4 °C	691 mm	34	55
2019	35.7 °C12 August 2019	-9.5 °C8 January 2019	13.2 °C	649 mm	38	54
2018	33.4 °C21 August 2018	-17.4 °C1 March 2018	13.1 °C	629 mm	35	62
2017	38.8 °C5 August 2017	-16.0 °C8 January 2017	12.2 °C	563 mm	48	60
2016	33.6 °C13 July 2016	-11.7 °C23 January 2016	12.0 °C	864 mm	29	66
2015	36.8 °C12 August 2015	-12.1 °C7 January 2015	12.9 °C	586 mm	53	47
2014	34.2 °C10 June 2014	-11.1 °C31 December 2014	13.1 °C	721 mm	23	29
2013	37.6 °C29 July 2013	-8.6 °C10 January 2013	12.4 °C	757 mm	38	65
2012	37.9 °C24 August 2012	-18.2 °C11 February 2012	12.4 °C	577 mm	59	79
2011	36.9 °C24 August 2011	-12.1 °C25 January 2011	11.7 °C	436 mm	43	85
2010	34.4 °C15 August 2010	-12.1 °C31 December 2010	11.8 °C	960 mm	28	72
2009	34.2 °C2 August 2009	-15.7 °C21 December 2009	12.4 °C	733 mm	32	64
2008	36.9 °C15 August 2008	-10.5 °C17 February 2008	12.5 °C	615 mm	34	56
2007	39.0 °C20 July 2007	-7.3 °C19 December 2007	12.5 °C	674 mm	36	46
2006	33.8 °C27 June 2006	-14.6 °C25 January 2006	11.4 °C	705 mm	29	82
2005	35.4 °C31 July 2005	-21.4 °C10 February 2005	10.7 °C	839 mm	15	91
2004	35.7 °C9 July 2004	-13.9 °C13 February 2004	11.3 °C	786 mm	18	74
2003	36.4 °C14 August 2003	-19.1 °C13 January 2003	11.2 °C	539 mm	54	108
2002	36.8 °C24 June 2002	-15.2 °C4 January 2002	12.6 °C	656 mm	30	59
2001	36.5 °C10 August 2001	-24.7 °C25 December 2001	11.6 °C	788 mm	29	81
2000	38.7 °C21 August 2000	-12.7 °C25 January 2000	12.9 °C	403 mm	45	78
1999	34.3 °C10 August 1999	-12.3 °C25 December 1999	11.7 °C	920 mm	16	73
1998	37.7 °C4 August 1998	-13.0 °C27 December 1998	11.2 °C	661 mm	31	84
1997	32.6 °C29 June 1997	-9.5 °C3 February 1997	10.6 °C	625 mm	6	100
1996	34.5 °C8 July 1996	-19.1 °C1 February 1996	10.4 °C	803 mm	18	92
1995	34.9 °C12 July 1995	-10.5 °C18 January 1995	11.3 °C	735 mm	28	83
1994	38.0 °C11 August 1994	-8.1 °C16 February 1994	12.7 °C	530 mm	47	49
1993	37.1 °C20 July 1993	-14.5 °C5 January 1993	11.1 °C	497 mm	30	96
1992	37.1 °C28 August 1992	-11.4 °C26 December 1992	11.8 °C	554 mm	39	76
1991	33.7 °C17 June 1991	-15.2 °C2 February 1991	10.4 °C	659 mm	16	84
1990	34.0 °C1 July 1990	-11.4 °C7 January 1990	11.8 °C	493 mm	23	61
1989	34.1 °C9 July 1989	-12.4 °C11 December 1989	11.4 °C	711 mm	16	78
1988	36.5 °C6 July 1988	-10.2 °C24 November 1988	11.1 °C	720 mm	29	75
1987	35.8 °C24 July 1987	-25.2 °C31 January 1987	10.6 °C	687 mm	28	86
1986	33.9 °C19 August 1986	-11.0 °C26 December 1986	11.1 °C	566 mm	27	91
1985	35.1 °C29 July 1985	-19.6 °C14 January 1985	10.2 °C	716 mm	20	78
1984	34.2 °C13 July 1984	-14.1 °C14 February 1984	10.8 °C	629 mm	14	76
1983	34.0 °C19 July 1983	-13.4 °C13 December 1983	11.5 °C	501 mm	21	77
1982	33.2 °C27 June 1982	-19.6 °C11 January 1982	11.1 °C	590 mm	17	77
1981	34.1 °C3 August 1981	-14.6 °C17 January 1981	11.1 °C	725 mm	18	75
1980	32.0 °C5 August 1980	-17.9 °C15 January 1980	10.1 °C	741 mm	7	80
1979	34.6 °C3 August 1979	-16.2 °C17 January 1979	11.3 °C	683 mm	10	55
1978	31.2 °C8 August 1978	-19.2 °C21 February 1978	10.2 °C	796 mm	2	70
1977	32.4 °C14 June 1977	-12.8 °C20 January 1977	11.3 °C	654 mm	7	59
1976	33.3 °C21 July 1976	-17.2 °C9 February 1976	10.7 °C	679 mm	11	91
1975	31.5 °C24 June 1975	-7.2 °C26 November 1975	11.7 °C	697 mm	6	78
1974	34.0 °C4 August 1974	-8.4 °C15 January 1974	11.6 °C	879 mm	19	40
1973	34.3 °C18 July 1973	-20.0 °C3 December 1973	11.0 °C	569 mm	21	93
1972	36.2 °C16 August 1972	-10.3 °C15 January 1972	11.6 °C	778 mm	18	59
1971	35.5 °C8 August 1971	-13.6 °C5 January 1971	11.2 °C	615 mm	19	72
1970	31.4 °C23 July 1970	-9.4 °C2 March 1970	11.1 °C	925 mm	9	65
1969	31.3 °C15 May 1969	-21.4 °C13 January 1969	10.9 °C	802 mm	5	71
1968	36.2 °C9 July 1968	-21.2 °C10 January 1968	11.5 °C	713 mm	20	81
1967	34.5 °C5 August 1967	-20.9 °C19 January 1967	11.4 °C	664 mm	28	78
1966	32.0 °C18 August 1966	-13.9 °C22 January 1966	12.0 °C	872 mm	12	55
1965	33.7 °C8 August 1965	-14.9 °C11 February 1965	10.8 °C	745 mm	17	77
1964	35.0 °C22 July 1964	-20.9 °C15 February 1964	10.6 °C	717 mm	32	94
1963	35.8 °C1 July 1963	-26.4 °C24 January 1963	11.2 °C	641 mm	45	98
1962	34.9 °C27 July 1962	-12.2 °C20 March 1962	11.2 °C	660 mm	33	84
1961	36.9 °C12 August 1961	-14.5 °C26 December 1961	12.1 °C	515 mm	23	61
1960	33.6 °C20 July 1960	-17.3 °C11 January 1960	11.7 °C	789 mm	8	44
1959	35.1 °C12 July 1959	-15.4 °C18 January 1959	11.5 °C	605 mm	11	64
1958	35.3 °C17 July 1958	-15.4 °C29 January 1958	11.6 °C	618 mm	25	78
1957	36.4 °C14 August 1957	-18.8 °C18 January 1957	11.4 °C	622 mm	20	78
1956	34.1 °C21 August 1956	-24.0 °C17 February 1956	10.0 °C	559 mm	18	100
1955	31.2 °C8 June 1955	-13.4 °C6 January 1955	11.0 °C	678 mm	4	65
1954	34.7 °C15 August 1954	-24.0 °C28 January 1954	10.1 °C	673 mm	13	76
1953	33.1 °C19 July 1953	-12.3 °C10 February 1953	11.0 °C	602 mm	13	90
1952	38.2 °C16 August 1952	-13.3 °C8 February 1952	12.0 °C	590 mm	42	81
1951	36.3 °C9 August 1951	-8.2 °C20 December 1951	12.6 °C	532 mm	26	53
1950	37.3 °C1 July 1950	-13.1 °C4 February 1950	13.1 °C	474 mm	44	52
1949	34.3 °C3 August 1949	-12.6 °C18 January 1949	11.4 °C	585 mm	12	83
1948	36.9 °C10 August 1948	-10.2 °C2 January 1948	11.4 °C	456 mm	18	90
1947	35.7 °C9 July 1947	-23.0 °C8 January 1947	11.7 °C	501 mm	30	87
1946	39.6 °C19 August 1946	-11.4 °C19 December 1946	12.5 °C	408 mm	64	88
1945	37.9 °C9 August 1945	-17.1 °C23 January 1945	11.0 °C	496 mm	24	102
1944	33.7 °C3 September 1944	-9.7 °C15 February 1944	11.4 °C	803 mm	13	91
1943	36.8 °C21 August 1943	-21.1 °C12 January 1943	12.0 °C	439 mm	25	83
1942	32.7 °C4 August 1942	-27.4 °C24 January 1942	10.6 °C	495 mm	21	98
1941	32.4 °C17 August 1941	-19.2 °C13 January 1941	10.7 °C	621 mm	14	74
1940	31.8 °C11 August 1940	-26.7 °C22 January 1940	8.7 °C	792 mm	3	112

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

18.2 °C

+2.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

56 d/yr

+30

Frost days (< 0 °C)

64 d/yr

-10

Annual rainfall

481 mm

-173 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	6.7 °C	+4.4 °C	31 mm	-11 mm
Feb	6.4 °C	+1.0 °C	16 mm	-29 mm
Mar	15.0 °C	+4.0 °C	90 mm	+43 mm
Apr	19.1 °C	+2.1 °C	32 mm	-27 mm
May	19.9 °C	-2.0 °C	70 mm	+2 mm
Jun	29.8 °C	+4.4 °C	12 mm	-66 mm
Jul	30.3 °C	+2.7 °C	62 mm	+2 mm
Aug	30.3 °C	+2.6 °C	50 mm	-3 mm
Sep	26.0 °C	+2.7 °C	37 mm	-12 mm
Oct	16.2 °C	-0.9 °C	24 mm	-21 mm
Nov	11.7 °C	+1.8 °C	50 mm	-4 mm
Dec	6.3 °C	+2.1 °C	7 mm	-46 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.2 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-9.4 °C

20 Feb 2025

Wettest day

19.2 mm

27 Jul 2025

Windiest day

28.9 km/h

13 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

65.9 km/h

13 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-13.6 °C

20 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

2.2 cm

13 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

15.0 h

1 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chişineu-Criş?

Chişineu-Criş has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 654 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chişineu-Criş?

The hottest day measured in Chişineu-Criş between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2025, reaching 40.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chişineu-Criş?

The coldest day measured in Chişineu-Criş between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -27.4 °C.

Does it snow in Chişineu-Criş?

Yes. Chişineu-Criş gets on average 37.7 cm of snow per year and has around 74 frost days.

Has the climate of Chişineu-Criş warmed?

Yes: Chişineu-Criş warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Chişineu-Criş?

The wettest day measured in Chişineu-Criş between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 2009, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chişineu-Criş?

The windiest day measured in Chişineu-Criş between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1985, with winds reaching 40.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chişineu-Criş?

The warmest month in Chişineu-Criş is July (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Chişineu-Criş?

Chişineu-Criş receives on average 654 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 113 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chişineu-Criş?

Chişineu-Criş 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 Chişineu-Criş?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chişineu-Criş between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1966, with 17.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Chişineu-Criş?

Yes: Chişineu-Criş has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chişineu-Criş?

In Chişineu-Criş, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 8 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.6 °C on 24 January 1942.

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