Copşa Mică climate — normals and trends
Copşa Mică (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 704 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 (20.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Copşa Mică averages 100 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Copşa Mică has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 114 to 86 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.0 °C (on 16 July 2024) and the coldest -28.9 °C (on 23 January 1963).
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
Copşa MicăSibiu County
- coords
- 46.12°, 24.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.6°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
704mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
10.8km/h
Seasonal range
22.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
100 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
12 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
66.0 cm
Average feels-like high
13.1 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
25.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
38.0 °C
16 July 2024
Coldest day
-28.9 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
63 mm
17 September 1955
Windiest day
36.3 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
87.5 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
39.5 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-33.5 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
14.4 cm
6 February 1944
Sunniest day
15.0 h
3 July 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 | 6.4 °C | +5.0 °C | 16 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 5.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 13 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 14.7 °C | +5.2 °C | 57 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 17.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 41 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | -2.3 °C | 132 mm | +46 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +4.7 °C | 21 mm | -73 mm |
| Jul | 28.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 72 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 28.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 70 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 46 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | -2.2 °C | 94 mm | +46 mm |
| Nov | 12.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 63 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 12 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Copşa Mică?
Copşa Mică has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 704 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Copşa Mică?
The hottest day measured in Copşa Mică between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2024, reaching 38.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Copşa Mică?
The coldest day measured in Copşa Mică between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -28.9 °C.
Does it snow in Copşa Mică?
Yes. Copşa Mică gets on average 66.0 cm of snow per year and has around 100 frost days.
Has the climate of Copşa Mică warmed?
Yes: Copşa Mică warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Copşa Mică?
The wettest day measured in Copşa Mică between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 1955, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Copşa Mică?
The windiest day measured in Copşa Mică between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 36.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Copşa Mică?
The warmest month in Copşa Mică is July (20.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Copşa Mică?
Copşa Mică receives on average 704 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Copşa Mică?
Copşa Mică gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Copşa Mică?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Copşa Mică between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1944, with 14.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Copşa Mică?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Copşa Mică.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Copşa Mică?
In Copşa Mică, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -33.5 °C on 23 January 1963.
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